Three days later, Ye Chen left the Ye family and returned to the other-dimensional space in the great desert of the Western Region.
By this time, the powerhouses of the various major forces had already deliberated and decided on exactly which individuals would be sent as seeds to the final point of the King's Ancient Path, to enter the myriad realms for training, becoming future vital forces to return and restore the glory of Tian Du Continent.
Without a doubt, this batch of seed-level figures included Ye Chen, Ancient Talents like Yang Wushuang, young Martial Gods like Xia Yang and Huang Tianqin, and also those prodigies who had become Martial Gods within twenty years and left the Heaven-tier Academy.
These individuals all possessed sufficient potential. Once they left Tian Du Continent and reached the myriad realms, they would unleash their due potential and advance by leaps and bounds.
Especially the five Ancient Talents and Ye Chen. The former were prophesied by the ancient Great Seer to have the hope of surpassing Divine Spirits, while the latter surpassed them in both aptitude and strength, standing at an even higher level.
They were entrusted with the greatest hopes.
Additionally, there were the successors from the one hundred and eight kingdoms and various first-rate forces. These were all young prodigies with extraordinary potential.
Just these people alone numbered in the hundreds. However, the powerhouses were clearly unwilling to send only this many and wanted to send out more individuals with considerable potential, but this was vetoed.
The reason was simple. No matter how powerful Ye Chen was, he could not look after too many people in the myriad realms. He could only protect a small portion. Too many people would instead become a burden.
This made many sigh, as it was a great pity, but there was no other way. However, Ye Chen suddenly appeared and voiced his own idea: he could bring in more of the younger generation's prodigies, placing them to live in the world where the King's Ancient Path was located, preserving this batch of seeds. If they wanted to become powerful, they could enter the myriad realms. If they only wanted to survive, they could stay on the King's Ancient Path. As long as the passage of the King's Ancient Path was sealed, they could be protected for a hundred years.
The major forces were shaken, understanding Ye Chen's meaning, and all agreed. However, Ye Chen would not agree to lead this batch of people; they could only rely on themselves for cultivation. The heaven and earth spiritual energy on the King's Ancient Path was considered rich, allowing for decent cultivation.
Soon, the major forces decided to proceed according to Ye Chen's idea.
On this day, batches of the younger generation arrived from all over Tian Du Continent and were sent to the trial world where the King's Ancient Path was located. The old Academy Head personally took action, constructing a spatial transmission channel, allowing these batches of young prodigies to enter the King's Ancient Path.
All of this proceeded in an orderly manner, with batches of cultivation resources also being transported in.
Ye Chen stood to one side of the transmission channel, watching these vibrant young prodigies enter the channel one by one. During this, he also saw several acquaintances, such as Yang Yi, Hai Qingxue, and the Sixth Princess Yang Miaoxue—women who had some connection with him. Especially with Hai Qingxue, their expressions towards each other were complex.
They were not placed among the strongest seeds to be taken by Ye Chen to the myriad realms for training and growth, but they were also on the King's Ancient Path, where they could remain safe and sound. Unless a Heavenly King Invincible forcefully opened the channel, they could be protected for a lifetime.
Immediately after, a tall divine ship arrived through the air. Led by the five Ancient Talents, the strongest prodigies like Xia Yang and Huang Tianqin arrived. The divine ship surged forward, coming to Ye Chen's side.
They were the strongest batch of seed-level figures, even more important than the thousands already in the King's Ancient Path. They were entrusted with the hope of restoring Tian Du Continent's glory in the future.
Their existence was the true hope for the future battle and protecting Tian Du Continent.
"This parting might mean we can never meet again," Li Taixu sighed on the divine ship. The battle of Slaying the Heavens concerned the life and death of Tian Du Continent. Many would completely vanish in this battle, never to be seen again.
This might even include several of the lofty, supreme Divine Spirit powerhouses. No one could be spared or remain aloof.
The stronger one was, the more this held true!
"Hmm?" Suddenly, Ye Chen felt a palpitation in his heart and looked up towards the Nine Heavens.
"Ye Chen, what's wrong?" a friend inquired.
"The great war has descended!"
Boom—
A terrifying, boundless dao fluctuation erupted, shaking the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. Everyone's faces changed color, because at this moment, the alien realm powerhouses were truly about to cross over.
The heavens collapsed and the earth split. The most fearsome fluctuations descended upon the great desert of the Western Region, affecting the vast red sand land spanning three hundred thousand miles, stirring up layers upon layers of sand waves.
It was too terrifying. Almost the entire desert region was affected.
It wasn't just one or two Divine Spirits crossing over; there were at least more than five, possibly even more. Otherwise, the effect wouldn't be so widespread. Even when the alien realm's strongest Divine Spirits like the War King and Tai Su King crossed over in the past, it wasn't to this extent.
Rumble—
A most dazzling and conspicuous divine light exploded, as if thousands of suns and stars were detonating. Endless radiance erupted massively, divine light sweeping through the Nine Heavens.
Even though the seals on the crossover channel were jointly applied by several Divine Spirits, at this moment, they were useless, shattered completely. Because from the other side of the alien realm, at least more than ten Divine Spirits were jointly attacking, striking over.
The alien realm truly began to cross over. Beams of immortal light shot forth from within, descending upon this desert land. Land spanning tens of thousands of miles was shaken, the heavens collapsing and the earth splitting, unprecedentedly fearsome, as if the world was about to be destroyed.
Among them, figure after figure flew out. Those were Heavenly God powerhouses from the alien realm, numbering quite a few—over twenty—who successfully crossed over. The restrictions were far less severe than for Divine Spirits descending, allowing them to cross over easily.
They were dispatched as vanguards, or perhaps cannon fodder, merely to test the strength of this realm.
And at this moment, a Divine Spirit from Tian Du Continent made a move. Directly operating the most terrifying Divine Spirit power, even utilizing the heaven-granted privilege of Words Become Law, with a wave of the hand, eighteen alien realm Heavenly Gods were swept away, turning to ashes.
This was the manifestation of the strongest combat power at the Divine Spirit level, terrifying and peerless, wiping out over half of the descended alien realm Heavenly Gods in the blink of an eye.
Of course, this was only the relatively glorious achievement possible at the very beginning. Later, it would become difficult, because alien realm Divine Spirits were crossing over, and not just one or two, but as many as five or six at a time.
Boundless ancient Divine Spirit might rolled across the boundary, posing the greatest threat to all Divine Spirits. All unleashed their strongest Divine Spirit dao principles, striking into the crossover channel to block the alien realm Divine Spirits from the other side from crossing over.