A Martial God had appeared, manifesting on the Trial Path—a powerful Martial God of the younger generation!
Without a doubt, once this news spread, it was like a meteor falling into a vast ocean, stirring up endless waves, affecting a wide area, and startling countless factions.
What is a Martial God?
A Martial God is a higher major realm beyond the Xiantian realm, an existence that transcends to another level, capable of comprehending the Dao of Heaven and Earth.
Such an existence can be called a peerless being that the Xiantian realm cannot contend with.
Reaching this step is not something that can be easily achieved by talent alone; it requires the accumulation of time. At the very least, no one would believe that the young people on the Trial Path could accomplish this.
Although they were all the outstanding talents of various major factions, and some even possessed the divine qualification, they were ultimately still too young. They still fell short of reaching the Martial God realm.
Regarding this matter, countless factions initially did not believe it, because it was all too unbelievable. Was it possible to reach the Martial God realm at such a tender age?
The time spent cultivating was too short. Even if one started cultivating from the moment of birth, it would be impossible to reach this step.
But now, many trial participants who had been eliminated and left the Trial Path unanimously declared that an invincible Martial God had appeared on the Trial Path, unbelievably powerful. The death of the Eighth Prince was also related to him; it was this Martial God who personally sent the Eighth Prince toward the demonic flood dragon to be killed by its Breath of Ice.
Although many eliminated participants testified to this event, it still caused a great shock and disbelief throughout the world.
Because the other party was too young. This time, those allowed to participate in the Trial Path were generally no older than twenty-three; otherwise, they would be disqualified.
Was it possible for a Martial God powerhouse under the age of twenty-four to appear?
At this time, even Han Fei, who had previously been eliminated from the Trial Path, stepped forward to declare that he too had been defeated by a peerless powerhouse suspected to be a Martial God, and he had been utterly defeated, far from being a match for the other party—not even able to withstand a single exchange, unable to last a single round.
The other party's strength far exceeded his imagination. Even with his full effort, he could not harm a single hair on the other's body. He was defeated in just one encounter, and even the ghostly light of the spirit talisman protecting him nearly shattered.
All of this was enough to prove the other party's peerless strength. Even those super-powerful individuals with the qualification to delay claiming kingship would likely find it difficult to achieve this.
The trial participants eliminated along with Han Fei also admitted it and spoke of this suspected Martial God's terror: with just a single kick, a ripple of invisible force spread out, sweeping more than thirty Xiantian powerhouses to the ground, eliminating them.
If it were only Han Fei, that would be one thing, but now more than thirty people admitted to this event, enough to prove it was a true story.
Moreover, the many trial participants and eliminated ones who witnessed that event in Savage Beast Valley all stated that this young Martial God's strength exceeded the world's expectations. His blood energy was peerless, his body like a furnace, as if a Nine Heavens War God had descended to the mortal world. He had engaged in a terrifying, heaven-shaking great battle with the demonic flood dragon.
The result was something no one could have predicted: the demonic flood dragon was actually suppressed. This young Martial God's spear techniques were peerless, forcefully beating the demonic flood dragon into submission, shattering many of its hard scales.
Even the demonic flood dragon was beaten into submission by him.
A single stone stirred up a thousand waves. The three great empires and one great academy of the Tian Du Continent, the one hundred and eight kingdoms, and countless factions were thoroughly shaken. Even many reclusive elders from the older generation were startled and emerged.
The appearance of a Martial God powerhouse on the Trial Path, and one who beat a True Dragon-blooded demonic flood dragon into submission, meant that the landscape would undergo earth-shaking changes. From now on, this person would dominate the entire Trial Path.
It was just unknown who this person actually was.
Almost everyone believed it was one of the few individuals with the qualification to delay claiming kingship who had made a great breakthrough and reached this realm. Because on the Trial Path, aside from these people, basically no one else could reach this step.
But Han Fei shook his head and denied it, stating it was not any of these people, but a mysterious youth, an excessively powerful youth.
He did not belong to the super factions like the three great empires and one great academy or the Martial God Hall. He came from the Xia Feng Kingdom, a middle-to-lower-ranking kingdom among the one hundred and eight kingdoms—a youth named Ye Chen.
Instantly, countless factions focused their gaze on the Xia Feng Kingdom.
Upon learning this youth's name, many factions began investigating his identity. Soon, a series of information appeared in the investigation reports, presented on the desks of various esteemed figures.
Ye Chen, seventeen years old, son of Ye Ao, City Lord of Luo Feng City in the Xia Feng Kingdom. Showed considerable outstanding cultivation talent from a young age. Began cultivating at six, achieved Xiantian at thirteen, becoming the youngest genius in Xia Feng Kingdom's history to achieve Xiantian.
Admitted by exception into the Earth-tier College of Tian Du Academy, but did not attend. At fourteen, obtained qualification and entered the mysterious King's Ancient Path.
In the same year, encountered an elite genius from the Heaven-tier Academy of Tian Du Academy, fought with him, was defeated, had his dantian crippled, was expelled from the King's Ancient Path, and from then on became decadent, a waste in the eyes of the world.
At twenty-six, fell in love with Yang Yi, daughter of the Yang family, the second-ranked family in the same city. Finally deceived her out of a Clear Spirit Pill, and under immense pressure, jumped into a lake to commit suicide. But the suicide failed; after being rescued, his personality changed drastically. Made a bet with Yang Yi and once again displayed astonishing cultivation talent.
Half a year later, appeared at Xia Feng Academy, struck the Power Monument to produce seven-colored radiant light, proving to be a possessor of divine qualification. Fought with Crown Prince Xia Yang, ended in a draw.
During the demonic beast turmoil, consecutively slew twelve Xiantian demonic beasts, later prevented the turmoil from occurring, reason unknown.
At the auction grand event, the Silver Ape King from the Demonic Beast Mountain Range protected Ye Chen and vaguely revealed intentions to befriend him.
Subsequently, the youth went into seclusion, did not appear even when the Trial Path opened, and reappeared at Xia Feng Academy five months later.
After that, he abruptly appeared on the Trial Path.
Immediately, the whole world was shocked. Because according to the various details gathered from the investigation reports, this Ye Chen had his dantian crippled in the past, and it was unknown how he repaired it, but the time could not have been long. At the very least, within this past year, he was still a waste when deceived by the Yang family maiden.
But after his failed suicide and rescue, the youth seemed to have undergone a significant change. Not only did his temperament become much more steady, but he also displayed astonishing talent in cultivation, going from a waste to a level where he could instantly defeat Han Fei within a short year. What exactly had happened to this youth?
This cultivation speed was terrifyingly astonishing. Probably not a second such monstrous young prodigy could be found in the entire Tian Du Continent.
Although many factions were itching to move, even hoping to understand the reason for Ye Chen's changes in the past year, when they saw the last piece of information, everyone's expressions changed drastically, not daring to act recklessly.
He, Ye Chen, how exactly did he enter the Trial Path?
This point made everyone quite apprehensive.
After the envoys of Tian Du Academy had left, without a spatial teleportation gate, not even a Heavenly God powerhouse would have the ability to enter this world belonging to the Trial Path.
Because this was a world controlled by an existence of a supreme Divine Spirit, fortified with Divine Spirit Dao principles, fundamentally impossible to break through. Unless one was also a Divine Spirit, one would have the ability to break through the barrier and enter.
Could it be that behind this youth, there also existed a supreme Divine Spirit?
When they thought of this possibility, countless factions were greatly shocked and deeply apprehensive. Many factions even dared not investigate further.
For the Tian Du Continent, Divine Spirits were supreme existences, not to be blasphemed, belonging to taboos.
Although the Tianqi Empire knew that the Eighth Prince's death was directly related to Ye Chen—if not killed by him, it was almost the same—facing such a mysterious and taboo-filled figure, no faction was willing to provoke him. Not even a super empire like the Tianqi Empire dared in the slightest.
What a joke. If they provoked the supreme Divine Spirit behind him, even a super faction would absolutely be unable to handle it.
Who would dare provoke someone under the protection of a Divine Spirit?
Now, many factions prayed that the trial participants under their command must not provoke Ye Chen.
All factions were burning with anxiety, hoping to send this news into the Trial Path. Unfortunately, the Trial Path was isolated from the world. Only news from the Path could be known outside, but news from the outside could not be sent onto the Path.
At the same time, those supreme Divine Spirits were also stirred!