"Death to the blasphemer!"
The Heavenly God's decree soared into the heavens, proclaiming to the world with its majestic and unparalleled divine might.
In the Ancient Lan World, a man identical to the former Supreme Dominator had appeared, attempting to usurp this sovereign great world under the name of that former Supreme Dominator and command the world.
This was blasphemy, a desecration of the former Divine Spirit, the Battle Saint King. The decree mobilized all under heaven to search for this person's whereabouts and to be sure to contact the Holy Church immediately to carry out his execution.
On this day, the entire Ancient Orchid Great World was shaken and set aboil. Such an event had not occurred for countless years.
The Heavenly God was enraged, descending a decree to hunt down a blasphemer.
It also caused all under heaven to be furious.
For many, the former Supreme Dominator, the Battle Saint King, was a person worthy of respect and faith, a deity in their hearts, who sacrificed himself to protect the entire ancient cosmos. Now, someone wanted to usurp the Ancient Orchid Great World using his name. This crime was unforgivable, enough to incur the wrath of heaven and the resentment of the people.
Even without the Heavenly God's intervention, the people of the world would not spare him.
And no one would think the Heavenly God was lying, because the Battle Saint King's sacrifice at the Emperor's Pass was something confirmed by the Supreme Human Sovereign. How could it be false?
Moreover, over the years, the Heavenly God had commanded the world with peace and holiness, treated the people well, and been kind to the family left behind by the Dominator. All these things were seen by all. Even the other ancient Great Sages who were friendly with the former Dominator acknowledged this. How could he lie?
On this day, the armies of the Gu Lan Holy Church marched forth grandly. Countless powerhouses flew out from within, rushing towards the Gu Lan Continent and even to all corners of the Ancient Lan World, all for the sole purpose of searching for the legendary person.
The entire world erupted. The blasphemer instantly became the focus of the entire world, drawing attention from all directions. Many factions and powerhouses spontaneously went to search for him, even to hunt him down.
The storm was gradually rising!
Regarding all of this, Ye Chen, the protagonist, was completely unaware.
At this moment, he had left the Gu Lan Continent, crossed the vast ocean, and descended upon the Tian Du Continent, walking slowly.
Because he felt that here lay his memories, carrying a very important part of his life's experiences, far more important than that vast and magnificent Gu Lan Continent.
Here, he might be able to unlock all his past memories.
Ye Chen's speed could not be considered very fast, but it still surpassed that of many. With a single step, mountains and rivers reversed, so fast it was unbelievable. Even a Saint Lord would be left in the dust, utterly unable to catch up.
In not a very long time, he traveled from the edge of the continent to another edge.
Finally, he arrived in a nation called the Xia Feng Kingdom.
In his intuition, this small ancient kingdom, which could not be considered particularly powerful in the entire Tian Du Continent, was the most important location for all his memories.
He entered the Xia Feng Kingdom and proceeded forward, soon arriving at the royal capital. He did not go to the royal palace but instead went to the Xia Feng Academy.
Although it was still midday, many students were coming and going, all young disciples of the Xia Feng Kingdom with decent cultivation talent.
Inside the academy gate, in the central position, stood a huge stone statue. It was of a heroic and magnificent man, with a peerless bearing and a towering, striking presence. It was actually identical to him, but the statue exuded a special kind of forcefulness and domineering aura, fearless of everything, as if it could sweep through all heavens!
With a *swish*, Ye Chen arrived beneath the statue. Below it were recorded lines of ancient characters: "In the 3,967th year of the Xia Feng Kingdom calendar, Ye Chen, Dominator of the Ancient Lan World, was born in the Ye Family of Luo Feng City. At seventeen, he entered the Xia Feng Academy..."
Beneath the statue was a brief introduction about some past experiences of the World Dominator.
"World Dominator? Could this be me?"
Ye Chen stared blankly at the statue, then at the introduction. No wonder this place felt so familiar to him. So he had studied here before.
Various experiences flowed through his heart like water. Light flickered at his glabella, sometimes blazing like a scorching sun, sometimes dim and invisible. His emotions fluctuated greatly. It seemed he was about to remember everything.
However, at this moment, some students passed by, looking at Ye Chen standing before the World Dominator's statue in astonishment. When they caught a glimpse of a corner of his true face, they were first stunned, then began shouting frantically: "It's the blasphemer! He's appeared!"
With the emergence of these exclamations, all the students fled like lightning.
In a moment, the originally bustling and lively Xia Feng Academy was emptied of people. At the same time, powerful auras appeared on the horizon, coming from all directions. When one truly saw them clearly, it was enough to make everyone gasp in shock.
Because those arriving were absolutely a luxurious lineup. Among them were numerous Saints, powerful overlords, Saint Lords, and even three Samsara-level Experts appeared, their auras vast and earth-shattering.
To hunt down the blasphemer, the Gu Lan Holy Church had dispatched a lineup astonishing enough to contend with a Heavenly King.
"The blasphemer has truly appeared. How audacious, daring to impersonate the great Dominator, the Battle Saint King!" In the distant sky, the powerhouses of the Gu Lan Holy Church surrounded the entire Xia Feng Academy, sealing the heavens and locking the earth, all to prevent the blasphemer from leaving.
Ye Chen stood beneath the statue, looking coldly at the arriving powerhouses without a trace of fear. "I am Ye Chen, and I am also the Battle Saint King!"
Even though his memories had not truly awakened, the name Battle Saint King seemed innate to him. He did not feel it was wrong at all.
Yet this only further enraged the Holy Church powerhouses who had come to encircle him. How could the name Battle Saint King be desecrated?
"What a blasphemer! Still persisting in your delusion even now? Attack! Capture him!" A Samsara-level Expert commanding the powerhouses gave the order.
*Swish, swish, swish—*
At least five Saints charged over. This level of caution was precisely because it was the blasphemer, necessitating the use of Saints. Ordinary criminals would not warrant such high-level powerhouses.
*Boom, boom, boom—*
A surge of powerful Saintly laws blasted forth but were controlled within a certain range, not daring to affect or damage the Dominator's statue.
Ye Chen stood beneath the divine statue. Chaotic light inexplicably surged from his entire body, and then all the attacks directly dissolved and vanished, all becoming void, as if no one had ever attacked.
Yet this caused people's expressions to change. This blasphemer was too eerie, actually able to dissolve a Saint's attack.
Even so, the Holy Church powerhouses still charged forward. If he could dissolve laws, what about a direct attack using Dao weapons and magical instruments?
The five Saints descended, intending to attack directly. Even if they could not use laws, they were still extremely powerful; otherwise, how could they have become Saints? The void itself shattered.
The Dominator's statue was also enveloped, because the three Samsara-level supreme experts commanding had given the order: spare no effort to kill the blasphemer.