Ye Chen ceased his assault on the Heavenly King realm. This tribulation was far too terrifying. His accumulation was more than sufficient for others, but for himself, it was still far from enough, lacking by a significant margin.
The most crucial point was that he had been too reckless before, persisting in undergoing the tribulation despite severe depletion of his essence, energy, and spirit—a mistaken choice.
In that instant, his entire body and his Battle Saint Soul dimmed. The soaring aura dissipated. He stopped impacting the Heavenly King realm and withdrew from that domain.
The vast Heavenly King tribulation began to disperse, leaving many people shocked to the point of numbness. How could someone withdraw from undergoing a tribulation? Wasn't it necessary to endure all calamities?
But there were always exceptions. Sensing little hope, one could employ supreme secret arts from ancient Great Emperor scriptures to allow oneself to withdraw from the tribulation.
Naturally, the Battle Saint Art also contained related records, but the price was astonishing. An invisible blade descended, leaving Ye Chen's Battle Saint Soul dim and covered in cracks.
At this moment, Ye Chen was at his weakest extreme, with almost no strength left in his entire body, teetering on the verge of collapse. Undergoing the tribulation was akin to consuming one's lifespan.
Moreover, and more importantly, his tribulation was excessive, surpassing the normal principles of time. It could be ranked among the most powerful tribulations for the same realm throughout history, perhaps even surpassing what other Imperial Sons could endure.
Because there was also the most terrifying Heaven's Avatar, which only appeared for the first person in this epoch to break through the shackles of the Tenth Heaven. Others would not encounter it.
Taking advantage of the tribulation light and thunder sea not having completely dissipated, Ye Chen activated his divine abilities, devouring the tribulation light and thunder from all directions, and also swallowing the radiant starlight that filled the sky, channeling it into his shattered flesh to painstakingly reconstruct his Saint Body.
However, both his Battle Saint Soul and Battle Saint Body were like porcelain, filled with cracks and utterly dim.
His depletion was too severe, having almost reached the lowest point in history.
This scene was witnessed by everyone, causing many hearts to race.
This was absolutely a golden opportunity. Qian possessed too many supreme treasures, including priceless items like the Ten-Thousand-Year Medicine Treasure and the Human Sovereign Pagoda, making many people's eyes turn red with greed, almost ready to make a move.
Even the five supreme powerhouses within the 72nd Pass felt the impulse to act, itching to make a move.
However, they still harbored some apprehension. After all, a person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. Qian had swept through the world undefeated, suppressing and killing supreme powerhouses as easily as turning over a hand. He even dared to pursue and kill Heavenly Kings. All of this had erected an immortal monument in the hearts of the world, difficult to surpass.
Ye Chen naturally sensed the killing intent from those people, but he did not look towards the five supreme powerhouses, not even sparing them a glance, completely disregarding them. This made the five feel waves of humiliation, clenching their fists tightly.
He looked towards Shen Rong and Imperial Wuming.
If anyone posed the greatest threat to him, it was these two Imperial Sons, who were stronger than Heavenly Kings and possessed trump cards from their fathers that could ignore the rules of the Ancient Emperor Continent.
Despite being extremely weak, Ye Chen remained very calm. "Do you intend to make a move?"
Shen Rong's gaze was icy and sinister, overflowing with killing intent. Especially after the previous bloody battle against the three Heaven's Avatars, it had been of great help to him, providing excellent experience against peerless opponents of the same level, offering great benefits.
He naturally also knew that now was a good opportunity to kill Ye Chen, but he did not do so, nor did he deign to do so. He turned and left, leaving behind a cold sentence: "You are too weak. For me to kill you now would only be a disgrace. I'll give you one chance. Next time we meet, I'll slay you with my own hands."
"And you?" Ye Chen looked at Imperial Wuming. This heroic man, who seemed almost immortal, was clearly transcendent, giving Ye Chen a feeling similar to Yuan Yao Divine King—a sense of being unfathomable.
Imperial Wuming's body was also stained with blood, but his elegance remained undiminished, as divine and immortal as ever. "To attack you at this moment would be unjust. Victory would bring no glory."
Indirectly stating he would not make a move.
This made the Goddess, the other two of the Three Immortal Maidens, the Peacock King, and others breathe a sigh of relief. If such figures were to act, the situation would become far too serious.
Moreover, they had already begun moving. Under the Peacock King's application of the Void Great Dao, they swiftly rushed towards the starry sky to protect the weakened Ye Chen.
Ye Chen nodded. He sat cross-legged in the starry sky. The tribulation had long since dissipated. He was very weak. At this moment, within the vast cosmic starry sky, dazzling starlight transformed into streams of radiance cascading down.
The ten divine halos of the Tenth Heaven even drew upon ten heavenly suns, with boundless solar essence descending, completely submerging his entire person. Bathed in the radiance of the sun, moon, and stars, he devoured heaven and earth to replenish his losses.
At this moment, Ye Chen was very weary. After all, he had experienced two great tribulations, and his depletion was truly too severe.
However, he also let out a long sigh of relief. After all, the tribulation had dissipated. The three Heavenly Kings from the Ancient Divine Palace, who had been watching covetously from the shadows, had ended with one dead and two severely injured, having fled into the Divine Realm.
Now, as long as he endured through this most vulnerable period, he would be able to recover, reach his peak state, and be able to fear nothing.
But it was precisely at this moment of greatest weariness and vulnerable relaxation that Ye Chen suddenly felt his hair stand on end. A life-and-death crisis flashed in his heart. Almost instinctively, he exerted all his strength to dodge sideways, moving over a hundred li away in an instant, reaching an extreme speed.
Pfft—
Even so, a spray of golden blood flew from his body. A deep wound, visible to the bone, appeared from his right shoulder to his left lower abdomen, with large amounts of golden saint blood spurting out.
Ye Chen had suffered a terrifying ambush!
This caused exclamations from many people. They had all witnessed the invincibility of Qian's Battle Sacred Body. Setting aside that most terrifying tribulation, how many people in the world could harm him? Only the two Imperial Sons. Even supreme powerhouses could hardly scratch him. Yet now, such a massive wound had been inflicted.
Of course, this was also related to Ye Chen's current extremely weak state. He was too weak, causing his defensive power to be far inferior to before.
Ye Chen looked back, only to see several figures suddenly emerge from the shattered void—and they were several "acquaintances" at that.
Gu Changsheng, Sea God King, and the two Heavenly King Xuan Elders from the Ancient Divine Palace had actually all arrived. It was unknown when they had crossed the Chaotic Sea or how they had managed to cross.
Among them, whether it was Gu Changsheng or Sea God King, who had transformed after awakening the fragments of the Primordial Fiend God King within his body, they had actually reached the Samsara level, at least in terms of combat power.
This made Ye Chen frown. This was theoretically impossible. Gu Changsheng, just a few years ago, was only comparable to a Saint Lord or slightly stronger. Reaching the peak of the Saint Treasury Realm within a few short years was impossible, let alone the Samsara level.
It could only be said that he must have obtained some opportunity or relied on other methods.
As for Sea God King, his body was filled with the aura of divine fiends. He was a descendant of the Primordial Fiend God King, having awakened the Primordial Fiend God King within him. Moreover, his cultivation was not weak to begin with, already at the peak of the Saint Treasury Realm. Possessing Samsara-level combat power was also within reason, as he was also a True King genius and a descendant of the Primordial Fiend God King.
The other two Heavenly King Xuan Elders from the Ancient Divine Palace also appeared, suppressed at the supreme power level, but their true combat power was stronger than ordinary supreme powerhouses, as they could occasionally release faint traces of Heavenly King Dao might.
Four super-powerful experts appeared together, all with the same goal: to come and kill Ye Chen.
"Battle Saint King, this time you are dead for sure!" Sea God King's voice, filled with killing intent, suddenly rang out!