"What is this—"
Everyone was startled. The Battle Saint King was truly audacious, daring to charge into it. Especially the Ancient Sovereign of the Alchemy Emperor Clan, who had once glimpsed a corner of the thunderous gate of light, was even more astonished.
Everyone wanted to know about the world within the thunderous gate of light. But at this moment, the thunderous gate of light actually closed completely, startling them all.
Could it be that the Battle Saint King intended to seal himself within forever, never to leave the other side of the thunderous gate of light?
No one knew, nor would they know what Ye Chen was currently seeing or experiencing.
After Ye Chen entered the thunderous gate of light, he beheld a vast, boundless world, similar to the cosmic battlefield behind the Immortal Heavenly Pass Emperor Gate—equally terrifying, equally immense, connecting all heavens. He even saw fragmented and shattered Chaos Ancient Universes within the Chaos Sea.
He witnessed one after another of these vast World Heavens and Earths collapsing, shattering the myriad realms.
Within lay countless corpses strewn about, including some of unimaginable size. Some were so immense that even a single strand of hair could coil around heavenly stars. They possessed an immortal aura, yet they were still buried here, unable to endure eternally.
It must be said, this was a world of unimaginable vastness. In the distant sky, there were crumbling Emperor Palaces and shattered immortal cities, all remnants of the most terrifying battles. Emperors had fought here, Supreme Immortals had soared through the skies; the most dreadful existences had once waged war here.
Clearly, it was merely a manifestation conjured by tribulation light and thunder, yet it was extraordinarily real, making it difficult to distinguish truth from illusion.
Ye Chen entered. He was not attacked by the ten Heavenly Avatars. They each hovered in the air, transforming into ten Emperor Stars that soared to the highest point of this world's sky, shining with brilliant, dazzling radiance, illuminating this World Heaven and Earth.
He strolled through it, traversing the past as if walking along the River of Time, touring the shattered World Heavens and Earths of bygone eras, seeking to understand some of the greatest, most hidden secrets.
It had always been said in the world that heavenly tribulations recorded the greatest secrets of heaven and earth, eternal and unbroken, capable of revealing many monumental mysteries. And so it was now.
Ye Chen entered precisely to learn these greatest secrets.
Passing through a shattered starry river, Ye Chen arrived far from an incomparably massive corpse—a colossal beast of unknown origin. In comparison, he seemed as insignificant as dust.
Though formed by the heavenly tribulation, it still exuded an aura of a Supreme One—an existence just a hair's breadth from breaking into the Emperor realm, above Sovereigns, below Great Emperiors, incredibly powerful.
Yet, even such a peerlessly powerful Beast Venerable Imperial Lord had its head pierced long ago, struck by a fatal blow that scattered its soul, preventing its cohesion, causing its fall.
Ye Chen sighed silently. He attempted to see if he could take it out. After all, even if this Beast Venerable Imperial Lord wasn't real, merely formed by the tribulation, it might still serve as an ultimate trump card.
Unfortunately, he could not bring it into his body. The aura released by the tribulation-formed corpse of the Beast Venerable Imperial Lord was too potent. He could not approach it; otherwise, even his formidable Chaos Saint Body felt as if it might shatter. That Emperor-level aura could not be approached, leaving him helpless yet astonished. Why was it so real?
Roaming within, he witnessed many terrifying existences. Sovereign-level beings were never lacking; Monarchs were present too, and even Emperors and Supreme Immortals, their bodies towering and boundless, astonishingly huge. Heavenly stars were as insignificant as dust before such beings.
This was the most terrifying battlefield, comparable to the other side of the Immortal Heavenly Pass Emperor Gate. Emperors and Sovereigns had fallen here; Supreme Immortals were buried here. Ye Chen even suspected whether the strongest Emperors and even Immortal Kings might have perished here.
Only, this battlefield was frighteningly vast, immeasurably immense. At the very least, Ye Chen could not see its end.
He also saw, in the far, far distance—separated by who knows how many millions of li, perhaps farther than the entire myriad realms—fragments of time rushing over. There, terrifying battles were still raging.
Led by Emperors, attacked by Supreme Immortals—it couldn't be said to be just two sides; perhaps multiple factions, all led by existences of the Emperor Dao Supreme One level. World Heavens and Earths appeared one after another; the myriad realms manifested amidst chaotic warfare. It was impossible to tell how chaotic and intense it was. Every moment, supreme experts fell within, and countless living beings were buried.
Clearly, it was all formed by the heavenly tribulation, yet everything appeared so real, difficult to judge as true or false.
Ye Chen involuntarily flew over, wanting to delve deeper into this terrifying battlefield, understand its origins, trace some earth-shattering, world-shaking secrets buried and unknown. He submerged himself into one of the World Heavens and Earths.
This World Heaven and Earth was huge, not much smaller than a Sovereign's Great World, yet it was also chaotic, embroiled in warfare year after year. The continent was stained with blood; countless lands were fought over until no life remained. Countless common people at the bottom suffered, enduring the most terrifying attacks, filled with hardship. Everywhere he looked was bloodshed and chaos.
As Ye Chen observed more deeply, he began to fight, battling for the group of common people living at the very bottom.
Even knowing this was merely a manifestation of the heavenly tribulation, not real, he still decided to do so, as if lost within it, becoming a member of this tribulation world. He led a group of suffering experts who rose amidst the bloodshed and chaos, fighting in all directions, determined to carve out a bright and just world.
Having completed his tribulation, Ye Chen was now a Great Power, a Chaos Great Power at that. Even he himself did not know exactly how powerful he was, only knowing that within the Great Power realm, he was virtually an invincible existence who crushed like rotten wood.
Previously, he felt evenly matched with fifth-level Heaven Great Powers. Now, facing them seemed much more at ease. Even though he had expended much vitality after the tribulation and had not fully recovered to his peak, sustaining some injuries, he still resolved them with just dozens to a hundred moves, without using many of his supreme divine abilities.
If he recovered to his peak, his combat power would be maximized.
Soon, within this World Heaven and Earth, Ye Chen carved out a formidable reputation. He was like a god of slaughter, roaming invincibly, fighting everywhere. All who resisted were directly slain, their bodies shattered to dust.
Finally, Ye Chen swept across all directions, pacifying the nine heavens and ten earths, slaughtering all resisting living beings, including seven Great Powers. The strongest was at the sixth level of Heaven, the weakest at the second level. Yet, under Ye Chen's hand, they were crushed like rotten wood, directly pushed aside.
It could be said that Ye Chen became the overlord of this World Heaven and Earth, pacifying all bloodshed and chaos, slaughtering all enemies, restoring light to the world. He received the worship of all living beings, becoming the World Lord, the Supreme God.