He has returned!
The Battle Saint King, that heaven-defying number one young generation's supreme of the myriad realms, has finally returned, just as the Three Immortal Maidens had said in the past.
At the time, the Heavenly God thought it was merely a joke, that the Battle Saint King had long since suffered complete annihilation of both body and spirit, so how could he possibly return.
Yet, unexpectedly, those words have come true. What's more, what filled him with terror was the realization that once the Battle Saint King returned, he would not only strip him of everything he now possessed, but all the deeds he had committed over the past hundred years would likely be exposed and brought to light one by one.
He would bear the condemnation of the world, and then he would have to face a furious Battle Saint King. The consequences of that would be absolutely unbearable.
Even he trembled at the thought.
One must know that over the past hundred years, he had nearly seized the entire Ancient Orchid Great World, even coming close to refining its world core on several occasions. However, his schemes had also been discovered.
Among those who discovered them were some of the former followers of the Holy Sect and members of the Holy Domain. They were enraged and had attempted to launch a crusade, to spread the word far and wide and rally the masses to attack him.
But the Heavenly God discovered their plans in advance.
Who was the Heavenly God? He was the current number one figure in the Ancient Orchid World, the absolute master of the Ancient Orchid Holy Sect. Not only was his cultivation the highest, but he could also wield endless Faith Power. He feared not even ancient Great Sages, let alone a few former followers who didn't even have a Heavenly King among them.
He personally took action, suppressing them completely in a single night, ruthlessly and mercilessly wiping out all those within the Holy Sect who were preparing for the crusade.
Furthermore, he issued a decree, proclaiming to the world that these people had desecrated the Battle Saint King's divine statue and coveted the Holy Sect's secret treasures, crimes that could not be forgiven, and thus they were executed.
As for the followers of the Holy Domain, the Heavenly God was powerless. After all, the Holy Domain was located far away in the Ancient Emperor Realm, not within the Ancient Orchid Great World at all. Moreover, he could not wield the Faith Power within the Holy Domain, and it enjoyed the protection of the Imperial City. Even he could do nothing about it.
Naturally, the nine Heavenly Kings of the great imperial dynasties who learned the truth were furious. They never imagined the Holy Church Heavenly God could be so despicable, seeking to seize everything that belonged to the Battle Saint King.
Even if the Battle Saint King had fallen, all of that should belong to his wife and children, to his family, not to the Heavenly God.
They intended to lead the followers of the Holy Domain to crusade against the Holy Church Heavenly God. However, the Holy Church Heavenly God had long since achieved success, reaching the pinnacle of the Heavenly King realm, powerful and peerless, fearing nothing.
And what was even more important was that during his lifetime, the Battle Saint King had made far too many enemies in the Ancient Emperor Realm. There were the demon race, the beast race, the imperial clans, and the three transcendent powers.
While alive, the Battle Saint King might have been powerful and peerless, able to fear nothing by relying on Faith Power, the Imperial City, and the five Divine Kings from the former Divine Realm, not even fearing the Tai Sheng Imperial Clan, the Tai Sheng Upper Palace, the Sun God Dynasty, or the Ancient Night Hall.
But when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. After the Battle Saint King fell, although many Great Powers helped due to his great merit towards the Sealed Realm Universe, and even the Tyrant Heaven Sovereign spoke favorably of him, declaring to the world that none should offend.
Yet a hundred years have passed. Time has buried too much. The world's memory of the Battle Saint King's various deeds gradually faded; he was no longer the focus of intense attention as he was in those years.
A supreme great sect like the Holy Domain, which gathered vast amounts of Faith Power, had long been coveted by others. If not for the fear that openly seizing it would defy the will of the world and even anger the Tyrant Heaven Sovereign, the various major powers would have already taken action.
However, these years had not been easy for the Holy Domain either. After all, neither the several ancient Great Sages who promised protection nor the Tyrant Heaven Sovereign could constantly protect these forces. They were not in the Ancient Emperor Realm. Even the Ancient Barbarian Divine King often remained in seclusion among the barbarian tribes, rarely emerging.
Moreover, the powerful figures of the Holy Domain had their own pride and were unwilling to casually seek help from others. As a result, over these years, they suffered oppression from many of their former enemy forces, who plundered their Faith Power resources, greatly reducing their territory.
Especially on the Ancient Divine Continent, the Ancient Divine Palace rose to power once more. Without the Battle Saint King, the Holy Domain was utterly unable to compete and could only retreat back to the territories of the nine great imperial dynasties to continue preaching.
But the nine great imperial dynasties themselves were also subjected to a certain degree of oppression from the Ancient Divine Palace. At the very least, it was difficult for them to leave the Ancient Divine Continent.
Among these events, the most infuriating was the massacre of Heavenly Kings.
Once, two imperial dynasty Heavenly Kings attempted to leave the Ancient Divine Continent to seek out some ancient Great Sages in the myriad realms who were friendly with the Battle Saint King, to inform them of the truth of the Heavenly God's conspiracy.
But before the two imperial dynasty Heavenly Kings could truly leave the Ancient Divine Continent, mysterious powerful figures appeared to assassinate them.
That night, the battle was fierce. From where they came, no one knew, but a full five mysterious Heavenly King-level experts appeared, surrounding and attacking the two imperial dynasty Heavenly Kings.
Afterwards, when the other seven imperial dynasty Heavenly Kings received the news and rushed to the scene, they could only watch helplessly as one of the imperial dynasty Heavenly Kings was shattered in the sky by the five mysterious Heavenly Kings. Blood radiance filled the ninth heaven; it was a tragic scene of complete annihilation of both body and spirit.
The other imperial dynasty Heavenly King met an even more miserable fate. He wasn't shattered by the five mysterious Heavenly Kings, but a supreme expert secretly made a move from hundreds of thousands of li away, hurling a terrifying war spear that pierced through this imperial dynasty Heavenly King's body, streaking across the sky to land in his affiliated imperial capital.
The war spear exploded, containing the most terrifying killing intent and Dao principles. Not only did it completely annihilate both the body and spirit of this imperial dynasty Heavenly King, but it also reduced to ashes the tens of millions of living beings within the entire imperial capital, including the imperial clan. Everything ceased to exist.
The brutality of the method shocked the mortal world, drawing attention from all directions.
Among those involved, he had personally taken action. If the Battle Saint King learned the truth, the consequences would be unimaginably terrifying.
That night, the Holy Church Heavenly God hastily left the Ancient Orchid Great World, leaving behind only a Faith Power incarnation to stand guard, naturally as a scapegoat.
Yet, after a full three days and three nights, the Faith Power avatar still seated upon the divine altar throne discovered that the ocean of Faith Power remained calm, the world power had not descended, and everything was as before.
What kind of person was the Holy Church Heavenly God? After a brief period of terror, he quickly realized that even if the Battle Saint King had returned, he had likely encountered major problems.
At the very least, for now, he seemed unable to wield Faith Power or world power. Otherwise, he would have already taken action, and the Heavenly God would have been doomed.
He understood this was an opportunity, a once-in-a-millennium chance to kill the Battle Saint King. If he missed this chance, once the Battle Saint King recovered, everything would be difficult.
Unfortunately, though he desired to kill Ye Chen, he could not locate his precise whereabouts; everything was concealed.
However, he was the Heavenly God, and naturally thought of other methods.
"Death to the blasphemers!"
On this day, a decree flew out from Ancient Orchid Holy City, accompanied by ten thousand layers of radiance, shaking the sun, moon, and stars, and resounding throughout the entire Ancient Orchid Great World!