Boom—
The heavens and earth trembled as a supreme, peerless power of the Great Dao blossomed from the Slaying the Heavens Alliance leader's token. It was as if a supreme deity was descending, filled with an aura of boundless terror that reached everywhere.
The Slaying the Heavens Alliance leader's token hummed, its entire body shimmering with streams of ghostly light that projected a shimmering, illusory gate standing tall between heaven and earth, inscribed with all manner of complex and profoundly mysterious Great Dao runes.
The light gate opened, releasing endless divine radiance. A majestic, towering figure strode out from within, its divine might immeasurable, its true visage unclear. Yet, that supreme pressure instantly forced everyone atop the Endpoint Fortress to submit.
A Supreme Divine Spirit!
"Finally, another Supreme Divine Spirit has descended to the mortal realm. The Academy Head won't have to struggle alone anymore," someone wept, tears of joy and relief, for the arrival of another supreme deity would drastically alter the course of the battle.
"No, that's not a true Divine Spirit. It's merely a strand of willpower left within the Slaying the Heavens Alliance leader's token by a Supreme Divine Spirit. The true deity has not yet descended."
Someone spoke, and everyone's hearts turned cold. This wasn't a true Divine Spirit? Then how was this battle supposed to continue?
As for why Ye Chen possessed the Slaying the Heavens Alliance leader's token, they all forgot, their minds consumed by the chilling reality of the current situation.
The Divine Spirit phantom descended. Even though it was just a strand of willpower, its boundless divine might still surged. It turned its head, giving Ye Chen a deep look and a nod, before softly uttering, "Shrinking the Earth to an Inch!"
With a single step, the Divine Spirit's heaven-piercing divine power was fully displayed. In an instant, it charged into the distance, where distance was no longer an issue.
This divine ability made hearts tremble. Even for a Divine Spirit, this was exaggerated—crossing such a vast distance in a single step, a journey spanning tens of thousands of miles that even a powerful Heavenly God would need nearly half a day to traverse by flight. A Divine Spirit achieved it in one step. The difference of just one major realm resulted in such a vast disparity in power.
"Words Become Law!"
Ye Chen enunciated each word slowly, his eyes flashing. He understood this was absolutely not a divine ability inherent to a Divine Spirit, but a privilege bestowed by the heavens and earth—Words Become Law!
Legend had it that every supreme Divine Spirit who broke through within a minor world, a dimensional world, or a special realm would be granted a privilege by that world. As long as they were not within the mysterious and vast myriad realms, they could employ it.
This was Words Become Law.
Whatever a Divine Spirit said, within a certain region, the Heavenly Dao rules would grant them the privilege to make their words reality. It was as if a supreme being could shatter the void with a single thought.
If they wished the distance between two places to shorten, they could simply shrink the earth to an inch.
It was a mysterious, bizarre, yet universally coveted ability.
Naturally, this law power bestowed by the heavens and earth was not omnipotent. It had corresponding limitations; one could not do anything they desired. There were restrictions. If those limits were exceeded, the power would dissipate and fail. For instance, extending one's own lifespan—that violated Heavenly Dao rules and was impossible to achieve.
When two Divine Spirits clashed, this rule power would also dissipate and become useless.
Yet, even so, Words Become Law remained bizarre and powerful. It could be considered the invincible capital of every supreme being in the mortal world and the true foundation of a superpower.
The experts from the superpowers all understood now, exclaiming in shock. That was the true manifestation of Words Become Law, no wonder it was so incredibly fast.
Boom—
At the edge of the Trial Heaven and Earth, an intense battle erupted, surging and turbulent. With the addition of a Divine Spirit phantom, the impact became terrifyingly greater by many times.
"Hong Tian, you've finally come," the Supreme Old Academy Head's divine sense pierced through heaven and earth.
"I have. Unfortunately, my true body needs to rush to aid another battlefield. My apologies, I cannot truly descend here," Great Sage Hong Tian said apologetically.
There was another battlefield on the Tian Du Continent, even more intense than here. Almost all Divine Spirit experts had been mobilized, employing terrifying foundations to resist, making it extremely difficult.
No one had expected the foreign race experts to descend so suddenly, catching them completely off guard.
"If Yuan Jiu had seen this future scene and prepared, the consequences would be unthinkable," the Old Academy Head sighed lightly.
This shocked many. Had all this actually been prophesied by Tian Du Academy's most mysterious ancient genius, Yuan Jiu?
"Hmph, do you think adding a strand of a Sage's willpower can resist us?" the foreign race Divine Spirit, Jiu Ming Wang, snorted coldly. His chilling aura could penetrate the spatial channel and descend upon this realm, freezing everything for ten thousand miles.
Several foreign race Divine Spirits attacked. Two in particular were still continuously crossing over within the spatial channel, getting closer and closer to this realm. That fearsome aura blotted out the sky and covered the earth, capable of tearing apart the heavens.
Endless Divine Spirit light pierced through the void.
If not for the Supreme Old Academy Head reinforcing this area with the origin power of the Trial Heaven and Earth, it would have long been blasted apart, leaving nothing behind.
Even so, it was crumbling and splitting, but it did not affect a broader region because most of the origin power was protecting other areas. Otherwise, the Supreme Old Academy Head, even wielding the origin power, wouldn't be struggling so hard.
Great Sage Hong Tian said, "Who said it's just a phantom? Ao Jing, bring the ancient weapon."
"As the Great Sage commands!"
Heavenly God Ao Jing respectfully handed over the Divine Spirit ancient weapon. The Great Sage Hong Tian phantom took it—a small, unadorned, ancient-looking pagoda. But in the hands of the Great Sage Hong Tian phantom, it was fully awakened. With a boom, endless runes appeared, releasing boundless ancient Divine Spirit might that shook the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, unparalleled across time.
The world trembled. It was no empty boast that only in the hands of a Divine Spirit could a true Divine Spirit ancient weapon fully awaken its proper Divine Spirit power.
Wielding the Divine Spirit ancient weapon, Great Sage Hong Tian's might instantly increased manyfold, as if his true body had descended. He unleashed a world-shattering strike that slammed into the spatial channel.
The spatial channel trembled violently, almost shattering from the impact, utterly terrifying.
His arrival began to tilt the dangerous situation in this realm, slowly shifting the advantage towards this side.
"Hmph!"
Suddenly, a fearsome cold snort came from the other realm. Even more terrifying was a terrifying Dao wave that shot out, piercing through the spatial channel and striking in an instant. Even the two Supreme Divine Spirits were startled, hastily blocking.
The other side had sent an extremely fearsome existence, far more powerful than Jiu Ming Wang who was still crossing over. Just a single wave of light forced them to deal with it cautiously.
Ye Chen's eyes flashed rapidly. Could it be him? Had he come?
He wanted to pierce through the spatial channel, to see into the other realm, but surging laws filled the entire channel, preventing him from truly seeing through.
The battle continued, but with Great Sage Hong Tian's arrival, they gradually gained the upper hand. The two foreign race Divine Spirits attempting to cross over were fiercely obstructed, unable to truly cross. Moreover, the heavenly laws of this realm were in turmoil, stirred by the Divine Spirits. They could only helplessly retreat back to the other realm.
"Damned ants, I refuse to accept this!"
The foreign race Divine Spirit Jiu Ming Wang roared in fury. His power could pierce the spatial channel, but his true body could not. Chains of order constructed from heavenly laws shot across the void, continuously blocking him.
Another foreign race Divine Spirit also roared, joining Jiu Ming Wang in a final assault. His entire body shone with endless radiant light, piercing the channel, clashing head-on with the two Divine Spirits of this realm. The terrifying fluctuations destroyed heaven and earth, threatening to turn that region into chaotic light, erasing everything.
"Ah—"
A Heavenly God screamed in agony before being annihilated by the fluctuations.
All the Heavenly Gods fled.
The Supreme Old Academy Head and Great Sage Hong Tian acted to protect the Heavenly Gods of this realm from the attacks. However, the foreign race Divine Spirits offered no protection to their own Heavenly Gods. One by one, the foreign race Heavenly Gods were swiftly exterminated, a heavy toll.
In the blink of an eye, over a dozen foreign race Heavenly Gods were swallowed up, their forms and spirits annihilated, leaving nothing behind, just like this place.
"Ah—, Lord, please save us!"
A foreign race Heavenly God screamed for help, but was met with a cold snort: "A mere Transformation God dares ask this lord to save you? Ridiculous. Failure to assist adequately has only one outcome—death!"
Everyone felt a chill. The foreign race was too cold and indifferent. To not even value the lives of their own Heavenly Gods, letting them live or die on their own, was too cruel.
But thinking further, it was even more heart-pounding. Perhaps the other side had many experts at that level, so they simply didn't care, hence such treatment.
Boom—
The spatial channel was annihilating. Finally, after a roar of unwillingness, the foreign race Divine Spirits took away that super expert who wielded the Divine Spirit ancient weapon and had touched the Divine Spirit realm. All remaining Heavenly Gods were left to be destroyed.
"It's all over!"
No one knew who said it, but everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It was finally over. The other Heavenly Gods also returned at this moment, bringing back nearly all the trial-takers from the Trial Path, returning to the Endpoint Fortress.
"Is it really over?" Ye Chen muttered to himself, uttering these words.
"This kid's been scared out of his wits. Haha!" someone mocked, thinking Ye Chen was cowardly.
They were experts from superpowers, sneering at Ye Chen. Now, taking advantage of the foreign race experts' retreat, they also began targeting Ye Chen. Several Heavenly Gods appeared, intending to seize the Great Dao Blood.
At this moment, the Great Dao barrier was no longer sealed, giving them an opportunity. Powerful as they were as Heavenly Gods, even if Ye Chen used the Battle God Seal, the difference of a major realm made him no match.
Ye Chen just watched these people coldly, neither startled nor afraid.
Boom—
Heaven and earth trembled violently. At this moment, the spatial channel, which had been gradually collapsing and shattering, was forcefully opened once more. And the most terrifying divine might descended, reaching everywhere, spacetime fracturing, heaven and earth on the verge of destruction.
There, the most fearsome figure was descending, god-like yet demonic. Its powerful aura was far stronger than the previous foreign race Divine Spirit Jiu Ming Wang. Boundless battle qi spread out, blotting out the sky and covering the earth.
Everyone's hearts palpitated with fear. Was this realm truly about to be destroyed?
Ye Chen stared intently at this figure. It felt familiar. Was it really him?