Ye Chen stood atop the nine-headed serpent's head, unmoving despite the terrifying waves crashing against him. He then acted, collecting the fallen Great Power-level existences that had perished in the Fallen Monarch Divine Sea.
These were all significant beings. Even in death, having cultivated to the ancient Great Power realm, their entire bodies were treasures. They could be refined into Great Power Pills, crafted into puppets, or used for other purposes. In short, their uses were vast.
If not for this Great Power-level melee, if not for both sides being preoccupied with the battle, how could so many Great Power-level divine bodies be left floating in the Fallen Monarch Divine Sea, uncollected?
The Chaos Great Cauldron's mouth was like a bottomless abyss, capable of completely devouring everything. One by one, the Great Power-level divine bodies were gathered.
As for the ancient Great Powers from the outside world, he could not claim too many. He blasted open a passage, sending them towards the gate of the Danxu Ancient Realm. Otherwise, it would easily provoke collective anger.
After all, each Great Power represented an ancient orthodoxy that dominated a star domain. They were not to be underestimated, and other powerhouses would not tolerate such appropriation.
Even so, Ye Chen still harvested a full seven Great Power-level divine bodies of the Fallen Monarch Divine Sea's overlords—a bountiful haul.
It was a pity that the Fallen Monarch Divine Sea was now severely damaged. The entire divine sea had been overturned, the stars of the heavens nearly shattered and destroyed. The devastation was severe, making it difficult for life to survive. Even the medicinal spirits had basically been captured. Now, everyone seemed to have shifted the battlefield, leaving only the continuously frenzied Fallen Monarch Divine Sea behind.
Ye Chen looked down upon the boundless Fallen Monarch Divine Sea. This was formed from the boundless divine power of a fallen Ancient Monarch of the Primordial Times, condensed and un-dissipated, accompanied by world-shaking laws. The divine power was boundless, yet too frenzied for anyone to refine. Otherwise, it would be an excellent cultivation ground.
However, at this moment, Ye Chen's heart suddenly stirred. Perhaps he could break through here, completely breaking through to the Great Power realm.
He knew the reason he currently couldn't break through to the Great Power realm was simply insufficient accumulation. He truly needed too much Great Dao divine power to finally shatter the shackles between the Heavenly King and Great Power realms and achieve a breakthrough to become an ancient Great Power.
Before him was boundless Great Dao divine power, left behind by an invincible existence—a Primordial Times Ancient Monarch. Not only was it infinite, but the divine power was sufficiently condensed, enough for him to charge into the ancient Great Power realm.
No sooner said than done. Ye Chen immediately sat cross-legged in the Fallen Monarch Divine Sea and ordered the nine-headed serpent to get as far away as possible, preferably leaving this Fallen Monarch Divine Sea altogether, and absolutely not to approach.
Although the nine-headed serpent didn't understand Ye Chen's meaning, Ye Chen was its master. The master's will was everything. With a swish, it departed.
Ye Chen took a deep breath, then directly placed the Chaos Great Cauldron atop his head. He fiercely activated the Chaos Dao Method. The cauldron's mouth directly transformed into a circle of profound, infinite black hole, unleashing boundless devouring power that swept across all directions.
Outside, everyone watched Ye Chen with surprise and confusion. What was the Battle Saint King doing?
However, Qin Jiuyou, Dan Chen, and the Great Power of the Flame Emperor Clan widened their eyes as they watched everything on the projection screen. "Could he be trying to—"
"Madness!"
Boom—
The Fallen Monarch Divine Sea suddenly became many times more frenzied. Within it, massive water dragons appeared, each a true divine power dragon. Yet, they were all completely devoured into the Chaos Great Cauldron.
Heaven and earth overturned. The Fallen Monarch Divine Sea became boundlessly frenzied, with terrifying thunderbolts flashing and rumbling sounds echoing endlessly, shaking heaven and earth.
Yet, Ye Chen activated his peerless divine ability, devouring vast swathes of the Fallen Monarch Divine Sea's waters. Within the Chaos Great Cauldron, ancient aura surged mightily. Brilliant Dao Fire appeared, burning and steaming, directly incinerating massive amounts of divine power, neutralizing its frenzied nature. In its place emerged streams of pure divine power—divine power at the Primordial Times Ancient Monarch level, many times more condensed and pure than Great Power-level divine power.
Passing through the Chaos Great Cauldron, the originally dozens to hundreds of thick divine power dragons, after being refined by the Chaos Dao Fire, ultimately condensed into just one. But it was many times more condensed. Boundless divine power filled Ye Chen's limbs and bones, being completely absorbed.
However, Ye Chen's original divine power was already nearly full. Now, with the infusion of massive divine power, even a powerful body like his Chaos Saint Body found it difficult to completely withstand.
Finally, Ye Chen decided to seal his internal divine power once more, emptying everything, using the vacant body to absorb.
After more than half a day passed, the vacant divine body was once again filled with Great Dao divine power. Ye Chen sealed it again, suppressing it in every corner of his body.
Thus, a full five days and nights passed. Yet, Ye Chen still hadn't completely filled up. He always felt he was just a bit short. But each time, he distinctly felt his Chaos Saint Body couldn't withstand the boundless infusion of divine power, forcing him to seal the divine power again and again, suppressing it elsewhere.
In the end, including his now-refilled original self, he had a full eight divine power-filled clones, suppressed in various parts of his body, all tightly sealed with Emperor character seals, Tenfold Heaven seals, and suppressed by the Tianhuang Great Halberd. Otherwise, once they overflowed completely, no matter how strong Ye Chen's Chaos Saint Body was, it would be shattered to pieces.
Yet, even with the divine power equivalent to nine fully perfected versions of himself, Ye Chen still felt something was lacking, unable to achieve complete perfection.
Even he didn't quite understand why he had this feeling.
His divine power was completely full, unimaginably so. His Great Dao realm was also sufficient, even deeper than many Great Powers. Yet, why was there always a gap, preventing true perfection?
Ye Chen was puzzled. He was confused and believed even others might not understand this problem.
However, after a long silence, Ye Chen took a deep breath and decided to disregard everything and attempt the breakthrough.
Boom—
From the crown of his head, a brilliant Great Dao light pillar suddenly shot up, accompanied by boundless chaos ancient aura, like a chaos true dragon raising its head and charging towards the thirty-third heaven.
Boom—
An unparalleled Great Dao aura completely erupted. It was Ye Chen, fully releasing his own Great Dao aura.
The entire Fallen Monarch Divine Sea went completely berserk, stirring up layer upon layer of terrifying giant waves capable of striking the ninth heaven, horrifyingly powerful, as if it could destroy the heavens.
Simultaneously, far from the Fallen Monarch Divine Sea, in other regions of the Danxu Ancient Realm where Great Powers continued to battle—some on land, some in the outer domains—they all suddenly shuddered in alarm, widening their eyes as they looked towards the direction of the Fallen Monarch Divine Sea. They saw that boundless light beam piercing through the nine heavens and ten earths and felt that peerless, matchless aura, causing them to tremble.
"Who is it!?"
Everyone was shocked, then quickly realized—it was the Battle Saint King!
He was breaking through, impacting the Great Power realm!
"What a terrifying individual! The aura released when impacting the Great Power realm is so fearsome, more terrifying than many Great Powers!" a Great Power said with a shudder.
"He's already this terrifying before fully breaking through. If he completely breaks through to the Great Power realm, how formidable would he be?"
Many were shocked and fearful. That aura was truly too terrifying, far beyond imagination, as if a Supreme Emperor was reviving, suppressing the heavens. Everyone felt the fearsome impact of the Great Dao.
"Break through for me!"
Accompanied by a great roar that shook the Danxu Ancient Realm, the originally gray, hazy sky suddenly appeared filled with boundless tribulation light.
Just like that, abruptly, just like that, it appeared without any warning, without any tribulation clouds, directly descending—and so vast, covering at least a radius of over a hundred thousand li, perhaps even larger.
Within it, thunder light surged and tumbled, brilliantly illuminating the heavens, completely lighting up the dim Danxu Ancient Realm. It was dazzlingly bright, so glaring it was difficult to keep one's eyes open to look.
Moreover, along with the extreme dazzling glare came boundless great destruction aura, completely annihilating heaven and earth. The entire Danxu Ancient Realm seemed unable to withstand it, beginning to collapse completely.
Boom—
The boundless sea of tribulation light and thunder, vast and mighty, directly pressed down as if the entire sky had suddenly collapsed, carrying unparalleled pressure as it smashed down.
Boom—
A great roar shook the Danxu Ancient Realm, causing tremors across billions of li. It was indescribably terrifying, making one feel as if the entire world was undergoing complete great destruction. All powerhouses immediately rushed into the distance, not daring to linger here any longer!
Because it was too terrifying. No one dared to withstand this world-annihilating level of terrifying might, not even the Great Powers of the heavens.
"Break!"
A great roar exploded. It was the Battle Saint King. His aura was peerless. From the crown of his head shot out an unparalleled divine light pillar, mighty and boundless, carrying a matchless, supreme aura as it charged forth, like a true dragon traversing the nine heavens roaring and howling.
Boom—
Under the stunned gazes of everyone, visible to the naked eye, the sea of tribulation light and thunder spanning over a hundred thousand li in radius now completely boiled over and directly exploded. Thick bolts of thunder light dragons galloped and leaped in all directions.
Yet, very quickly, this sea of tribulation light and thunder was actually completely extinguished, utterly annihilated into nothingness.
The sea of tribulation light and thunder spanning over a hundred thousand li was thus obliterated, ceasing to exist. The ancient Great Powers watching from afar and everyone in the Danxu Ancient Realm observing through the light screens were all shocked speechless.
Had the Battle Saint King destroyed the sea of tribulation light and thunder, shattered everything, and directly ascended into the Great Power realm?
If true, that would be too incredible.
"What a Battle Saint King! To be powerful to this extent, an unimaginable, peerless terror!"
"Truly worthy of being a rare chaos young Supreme One throughout the ages, peerless and invincible, so powerful!"
Everyone was amazed, even an enemy like Qin Jiuyou, because the potential displayed by the Battle Saint King truly far exceeded anyone's imagination. That kind of Emperor potential surpassed anyone else; only the offspring of Supreme Ones could compare.
However, Ye Chen, standing at the center of the Fallen Monarch Divine Sea, showed no trace of relaxation on his face. On the contrary, he appeared increasingly grave. His hair was disheveled, each strand flowing with brilliant chaos light. He elevated his entire aura to its utmost limit, continuously striving to break through, shattering limit after limit, to completely enter the Great Power realm.
Moreover, the great tribulation was not over. This was merely the beginning.
Sure enough—
The next moment, the sea of tribulation light and thunder appeared again, this time several times larger than before, covering a radius of over several hundred thousand li. Thunder light dragons continuously galloped, roaring and howling, tearing through the nine heavens. Boundless divine might completely crashed down, far more terrifying than before by a large margin.