Ye Chen became the World Lord and Supreme God of a world.
Having pacified all directions, stabilized the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and established great merits, countless living beings of the entire World Heaven and Earth regarded him as the Supreme God, worshipping him with utmost reverence. Stone statues of him were erected everywhere, receiving faith.
Strands of mysterious dawn light streaked across the sky, continuously gathering above Ye Chen's head. It was actually Faith Power, which soon transformed into a vast ocean of Faith Power.
Ye Chen reached out and took hold of strands of Faith Power, grasping them in his palm, lost in thought.
This kind of power seemed familiar, as if he had seen it before, yet he could never recall it clearly, only having a vague impression.
"I have seen it before, but it's hard to remember," Ye Chen murmured to himself. It was as if his divine sense sea was veiled, with a portion of his memories inaccessible.
Boom—
He vibrated the Saint Soul figure within his Mud Pill Palace, causing it to radiate light. However, a hazy mist of light also enveloped it, impossible to disperse.
After becoming the lord of this world, Ye Chen turned and left, for he saw that the common people at the bottom of other great World Heavens and Earths also suffered many hardships. He needed to continue campaigning to rescue these suffering subjects.
"Are you the one who pacified the 63rd world? Very powerful, very young, with immense potential. Follow this Sovereign in battle, fight for the Emperor, and drive out all invaders."
Soon, Ye Chen caught the attention of the true overlord who commanded seven worlds, including this one—a Sovereign of his generation. He was promoted, becoming a powerful general by the Sovereign's side, engaging in even more terrifying campaigns.
During this, Ye Chen seemed to have truly forgotten the other side of the gate of light formed by thunderbolts, and forgotten that everything before him was merely an evolution of the heavenly tribulation. He genuinely took root here, continuously engaging in battles.
From a World Lord, through constant campaigning, he became the foremost powerful general under the Sovereign, and ultimately followed the Emperor into battle, confronting the vast army led by a Supreme Immortal on the other side. The battle shook heaven and earth, as if transcending the River of Time, threatening to obliterate everything completely.
Later, Ye Chen no longer knew how many years he had been fighting. He seemed to have lost himself, no longer knowing who he was, only knowing to fight incessantly.
Throughout, his cultivation realm never improved, but it became increasingly smooth and natural. Moreover, his control over chaos grew ever stronger. His combat power steadily increased at a slow but stable pace, becoming a terrifying Overlord within the Great Power realm.
Furthermore, each time he killed a heavenly tribulation being, a strand of dawn light would enter his body. Its intensity corresponded to the slain being—the stronger the being, the more brilliant and eye-catching the dawn light; otherwise, it was the opposite.
Ye Chen didn't understand the purpose of these dawn lights, only knowing they were temporarily harmless to him. Once they entered his body, they were difficult to locate.
Boom—
Finally, when Ye Chen slew the eighteenth enemy Great Power, all the dawn lights within his body erupted, also resonating with the accumulated Faith Power. The space between his eyebrows suddenly radiated light, more dazzling and fiery than the sun in the sky.
Hum—
The most mysterious Moon Mark on his forehead suddenly flowed with a mysterious radiance, causing the chaos Saint Soul figure within Ye Chen's Mud Pill Palace to burst forth with blazing chaos light. The mist enveloping it was completely dispelled, restoring clarity.
"This is—"
Ye Chen shuddered all over. His slightly bewildered gaze cleared, and he awakened completely. All information connected, and he understood everything in an instant.
Upon realizing he had been lost within for a very long time, a particular sense of lingering fear arose.
This heavenly tribulation world actually contained a special bewilderment that made him unknowingly lose himself within, mistakenly believing he had become a part of it.
It was too terrifying. If not for the flowing radiance of the Moon Mark, he might have found it difficult to awaken.
To this day, he didn't even know how many years he had been lost within, likely at least over a decade.
Indeed, this heavenly tribulation world was a forbidden land. Without sufficient strength, one should not easily step into it.
Even when Ye Chen looked into the distance, he could not find the path of return.
Was he to be completely lost within this heavenly tribulation world?
Boom—
At the same time, the final great war erupted. Even at the very center of the battlefield, two awe-inspiring existences that shook past and present stood tall. Their figures were so vast and immense they could make all of time and space tremble. Everything else seemed insignificant in comparison, like dust; even the Myriad Realms of the Heavens were incomparable.
He also saw the myriad Daos of the heavens revolving around them, emitting peculiar tremors, submitting.
They were supreme Emperor Dao Supreme Ones. The one confronting them was accompanied by a peerless, vast immortal aura—a Supreme Immortal!
Two supreme existences from ancient times to the present were confronting each other—an Emperor War, an Immortal War—right within this heavenly tribulation world.
Just as the final Emperor confronted the Supreme Immortal, Ye Chen shuddered violently.
Because at this moment, he looked up and saw the very center of the battlefield, the midpoint of everything. The River of Time manifested. The Emperor and the Supreme Immortal had fought their way into another dimension of time and space. He even saw a peerlessly majestic Emperor figure who had forcefully fought his way in from another battlefield.
His black hair flowed loosely. One eye shimmered with boundless vitality, containing all living beings of the heavens, the growth of all things, interpreting the ultimate mysteries of the Great Dao of Life.
Yet the other eye seemed to have buried everything in the world, containing boundless underworld hells within, with immeasurable death aura and endless corpses.
He was so peerlessly majestic, directly inserting himself into this battlefield. Behind him, a majestic Heavenly Gate manifested, seemingly capable of piercing through all eras of time and space, emanating and flowing with an immortal Great Dao might.
"Gate Lord—"
When Ye Chen saw him, he was jolted completely awake, also filled with incomparable excitement.
Because this was the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord. He could actually see this senior again! A hundred years ago, he had clearly passed away. Yet within the heavenly tribulation world inside the gate of light formed by thunderbolts, he could once more see the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord, appearing in an even more powerful form, which excited him greatly.
He very much wanted to shout, to call out to the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord, but he couldn't. Because right there, due to the appearance of the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord, another Emperor Dao Supreme One also attacked. Together with the opposing Supreme Immortal, they launched the most terrifying battle. A Great Emperor-level melee directly erupted.
There, immeasurable Emperor Dao laws submerged everything. It was simply impossible to see what kind of fierce battle was occurring. The figure of the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord was submerged within it. How could one truly see him?
If not for being within the special dimension of the River of Time, the aftermath of such an Emperor War, once erupted, would be enough to destroy any Great Power.
And here, a great battle also erupted. Both armies clashed together. In the blink of an eye, countless living beings perished. Great Powers' lives were as cheap as grass. Even Ancient Sovereigns weren't much better off; though they were top-tier combatants, people also fell one after another.
This was a boundlessly terrifying great confrontation. Ye Chen also transformed into a combatant, charging into the enemy, slaying one enemy Great Power after another. Those below the Great Power realm were annihilated beyond count.
Ye Chen fought until he was nearly driven mad, continuously engaging in desperate battles, fighting within the chaos, killing indiscriminately.
Boom—
Finally, accompanied by a terrifying loud noise, on the temporal dimension of the River of Time, the most intense Emperor War also came to an end.