Ye Chen was impacting the Heavenly King realm. Divine fire blazed at his glabella, and his entire Battle Saint Soul transformed into a brilliant mass of saintly flame, its radiance astonishing. Wave after wave of holy light continuously assailed the heavens.
Countless runic Dao marks manifested, imprinting themselves into his golden flesh and blood, undergoing a startling transformation.
Within his entire Immortal Saint Body, Dao patterns surfaced, ancient scriptures chanted. It wasn't just a brilliant gold; other dazzling colors continuously emerged, resonating in harmony.
Finally, his golden body and his divine soul seemed to fuse together, carrying an aura of chaos, as if to shatter the barrier and break into the Heavenly King domain.
Everyone, whether in the starry sky or within the Imperial City, watched this intently. Was Qian truly about to create a miracle, to advance further at this moment and step into the Heavenly King realm?
Neither Imperial Wuming nor Shen Rong made a move. Even though Ye Chen was a formidable enemy, they would not obstruct their opponent's breakthrough at such a time. Doing so would only appear despicable and weak, showing they were incapable of truly battling him on the same level.
They were both Emperor-level supreme geniuses, possessing their own pride, and disdained such actions.
Boom—
A vast expanse of tribulation light and thunder descended, many times more intense than the previous Saint Vault tribulation. It instantly annihilated that layer of starry sky, and stars continuously exploded.
This vast star region was completely enveloped in a sea of tribulation light and thunder. From time to time, meteors fell, pierced through and blasted apart.
The scene was awe-inspiring. People wondered if even a Great Power's tribulation was comparable. And Qian was enduring such a tribulation prematurely, especially in a state where his essence, energy, and spirit were severely depleted. Could he truly break through and enter the Heavenly King realm?
Ye Chen roared. He struggled through the crossing within the sea of tribulation light and thunder, his form and spirit united. There, a True Dragon soared across the sky, an Undying Immortal Phoenix beat its wings, a mythical Kunpeng appeared, and palaces and halls materialized in clusters.
These were all living beings and structures manifested by the thunder tribulation, yet they were so lifelike, as if the most glorious and prosperous Mythical Epoch had descended.
During this, there were tribulations of Yin and Yang duality, the Great Tribulation of Innate Five Elements, the Thirty-Three Heavens World-Destroying Tribulation, and even fearsome weapons formed from tribulation light and thunder launched attacks, all bombarding Ye Chen, striking his body.
Countless terrifying great tribulations descended endlessly, blasting through the vast sky, destroying everything. All within this vast region ceased to exist.
Fortunately, they had long since left the 9981st Pass, otherwise, even the several ancient continents spanning millions of li would not have been spared, destined to crumble.
This was no exaggeration; it simply showed how terrifying Ye Chen's Heavenly King tribulation was.
Boom—
Ye Chen's Saint Body exploded. His Battle Saint Soul was no exception, torn apart. His entire person was shattered, suffering severe injuries.
Many couldn't help but tense up. Was Qian about to fall under the heavenly tribulation?
Within the Central Heavenly Palace, the Three Immortal Maidens revealed looks of concern.
However, soon, the Battle Saint Soul also possessed recovery secret arts, and it used the flesh and blood of the Saint Body as battle armor, blocking the vast majority of the thunderous strikes.
Moreover, Ye Chen held back, preserving himself. The Sacred Battle Method circulated, allowing the Saint Soul to reform.
And he spared no expense. Two Ten-Thousand-Year Medicine Treasures appeared, making many ancient recluses' eyes turn red with envy. But he bit into them as if they were cabbages, transforming them into jade-like nectar, greatly replenishing his life divine energy.
Dang—
A long, drawn-out bell toll echoed. Within the heavenly tribulation, a mysterious great bell materialized. It did not seem to belong to the present, nor to the past, nor did it exist in the future. It seemed to have leaped out of the River of Time, existing outside of past, present, and future, carrying the great Dao rules of time, supremely extraordinary.
"It's the Bell of Time, the Supreme Imperial Weapon of the Time-Space Great Emperor!"
It wasn't Ye Chen who spoke, but Imperial Wuming. He had seen it once in the Mythical Epoch—a forbidden imperial weapon that could reverse all time and space, alter the River of Time. He never expected it to appear within Ye Chen's tribulation.
Then, within the great tribulation, an enormous heavenly stele surged forth. Stained with drops of blood, each drop seemed to contain a great world, possessing a demonic nature.
This was the Heaven-Burying Stele, the artifact of the world's most ancient and first Great Emperor, the Heavenly Emperor. Legend said it had buried a true "Heaven," meaning Emperors and Sovereigns. Now it too appeared.
The Bell of Time appeared before Ye Chen's glabella, instantly disrupting the rules of time. It was more like countless years passed in the blink of an eye, causing Ye Chen's Battle Saint Soul to begin showing signs of dimming and annihilation, heading towards destruction.
This was the power of time, capable of decaying all things in the world.
The Heaven-Burying Stele pressed down upon his body, incomparably heavy. The drops of blood staining it were utterly real. Each drop was the imperial blood of a supreme existence from an alien race, containing boundless destructive power. Drop by drop, they fell upon Ye Chen. Even a body as strong as the Battle Sacred Body could not withstand it, continuously exploding with bloody holes, blood flying everywhere.
This was practically an absolute kill. The Heaven-Burying Stele suppressed his physical body, while the Bell of Time sealed his divine soul. A dual attack, working together to utterly annihilate Ye Chen.
Ye Chen was pierced through once more. This tribulation for impacting the Heavenly King realm was far more difficult than imagined, especially since Heaven's Avatar had not yet appeared, yet such sinister imperial weapon tribulations had manifested.
Was it because it involved Samsara?
Ye Chen couldn't help but ponder, because between Saint Vault and Heavenly King lay a great realm difference: Samsara.
Pfft—
Half of Ye Chen's body exploded. He glanced at the boundless, endless tribulation above, feeling a trace of powerlessness, sensing his own inadequacy.
This tribulation was too intense, making him feel unable to bear the load now. It was also because the earlier tribulation of Heaven's Avatar had appeared, causing him to expend too much of his essence, energy, and spirit.
He had a feeling that if he forcibly endured this tribulation, he would truly fall.
Boom—
Ye Chen was smashed to pieces. Golden flesh and blood, strand by strand, along with sparkling saint bones, scattered within the sea of tribulation light and thunder, shining brilliantly.
Among them, wisps of ancient chaotic qi drifted, and a True Dragon swam between the flesh and blood. Similarly, there was a dazzling, unique golden light, as if containing ten thousand layers of great tribulation.
Then, having no other choice, he prematurely constructed a Chaos Cauldron Furnace. Within it, he performed techniques, attempting to construct the ancient scripture of the Chaos Dao. Tenfold Heavenly Divine Light Rings continuously absorbed boundless essence from ten heavenly suns, allowing his own body to recover. His physique also radiated auspicious light, his bearing solemn and dignified.
But within the heavenly tribulation, the Bell of Time charged over, the Heaven-Burying Stele pressed down, and four heavenly swords appeared, constructing the strongest killing formation. Boundless killing intent surged to the heavens, causing Shen Rong's expression to change in shock: "The Four Slaying the Heavens Swords!"
Boom—
The Chaos Cauldron Furnace exploded. Ye Chen was once again smashed to pieces, his blood splattering across the starry sky.
Ye Chen felt a surge of powerlessness and thus made a decision—
To withdraw from the heavenly tribulation!