Boom—
With just that single fist strike, visible to the naked eye, the sea of tribulation light and thunder spanning tens of millions of miles was directly annihilated, creating a brief vacuum zone.
Within this vacuum zone, the myriad Daos ceased to exist. Only Ye Chen and the eleven Monarch Puppets stood imposingly, like the mightiest Ancient Emperor in the world and his eleven subordinate monarchs.
Boom—
Naturally, the heavenly tribulation could not end just like that.
After being shattered by Ye Chen's fist, the heavenly tribulation seemed to grow enraged, subsequently descending with a sea of tribulation light and thunder far surpassing the previous one, containing countless various tribulations, all of which were legendary calamities recorded in ancient texts.
Infinite tribulations stacked together—how terrifying, how magnificent, how heaven-defying.
Even an Ancient Monarch would feel their heart race at the sight, while an ordinary Sovereign would absolutely dare not resist it.
"Heh, can this little tribulation really trouble me?" Ye Chen sneered.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
He directly charged into the sea of tribulation light and thunder, drawing all the tribulation light attacking the Monarch Puppets towards himself, confronting it head-on.
At this moment, Ye Chen brandished the Chaos Saint Fist that suppressed all ages and realms, carrying the power of chaos, accompanied by numerous Monarch Rules, his strongest Form and Spirit power and the power of his origin universe boiling, surging across the firmament.
At this moment, Ye Chen's essence, energy, and spirit were elevated to their utmost limit. Without using the Chaos Great Cauldron, he unleashed a combat power of a full twenty-one thousand seven hundred Monarch Rules.
Boom—
Under his forceful assault, swathes of the sea of tribulation light and thunder dissipated like smoke.
These heavenly tribulations, after all, were not as formidable as a true major realm tribulation, much less the terrifying great tribulation of advancing to Ancient Monarch. They were merely descended to target puppet existences like the Monarch Puppets that violated the rules of heavenly Dao operation.
Sometimes, they even helped the Monarch Puppets further refine and strengthen them.
Ye Chen swung the Chaos Saint Fist, punch after punch, continuously disintegrating the sea of tribulation light and thunder, shattering all the heavenly tribulation power into infinite points of light, dense as stars. He then channeled them into the bodies of the eleven Monarch Puppets, causing the puppet bodies tempered by Emperor Flame to be further refined, faintly interwoven with flickering thunder light, appearing extraordinarily extraordinary.
Simultaneously, he activated his Great Emperor Reincarnation Body, its supreme might isolating all probing, preventing outsiders from learning Ye Chen's true strength.
Sometimes, one must hide some trump cards.
Moreover, if the alien races knew his strength had increased yet again, even a Supreme One would inevitably spare no effort to come and kill him.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
During the descent of the heavenly tribulation, Ye Chen released all ten Sealing Gates, throwing them into the sea of tribulation light and thunder, using it to temper them.
At the same time, with a thought, the ten Monarch Puppets flew over, each landing on a Sealing Gate. Using the sea of tribulation light and thunder for sacrificial refinement, they caused the two to combine.
Ye Chen's goal was simple: the ten Sealing Gates paired with the ten Monarch Puppets could not only seal and defend by disintegrating Dao techniques with the Lawless Domain, but also attack.
An integrated system of attack, defense, and sealing!
Moreover, the three major functions—attack, defense, and sealing—could be performed simultaneously, which was truly astonishing.
The Chaos Great Cauldron also possessed these three functions of attack, defense, and sealing, yet it was difficult to manifest all three simultaneously.
Ye Chen intended to forge the Sealing Gates into his second supreme Dao weapon.
It must be understood that one is not limited to a single Dao weapon for a lifetime. Truly peerless powerhouses often possess more than one Dao weapon, though only one is usually manifested externally.
For example, the Heavenly Emperor not only possessed peerless personal power but also simultaneously owned several supreme Emperor's weapons like the Heaven-Burying Stele, Heaven-Punishing Emperor Sword, Heaven-Binding Chains, and Emperor Armor—and these were not ordinary supreme Emperor's weapons.
Ye Chen was the same.
Although he believed that one's own body was eternal, one's own body was immortal.
Sometimes, one must leave oneself several more paths of retreat.
Dao weapons and magical instruments were one of them.
Even if he didn't need them himself, he could give them to those around him in the future.
Henceforth, he would primarily use the Chaos Great Cauldron, with the Sealing Gates as auxiliary.
If used well, they could absolutely increase his strength.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
The heavenly tribulation was endless, targeting the eleven Monarch Puppets with extreme ferocity, often unleashing legendary great tribulations of world-destroying magnitude. A Quasi-Sovereign venturing in would only meet death and Dao dissipation.
Ordinary Sovereigns were the same.
But Ye Chen was extraordinary. His Form and Spirit power alone was comparable to ten thousand Monarch Rules, matching the strongest state of an ordinary second-layer Sovereign. Moreover, chaos accommodated everything, and he was the master of the Chaos Thunder Source. This so-called heavenly tribulation was merely equivalent to the superposition of several Sovereign-level great tribulations, unable to harm Ye Chen much.
On the contrary, they were continuously dispersed by Ye Chen, who channeled surges of vast heavenly tribulation power into the eleven Monarch Puppets while sacrificially refining the ten Sealing Gates, causing them to combine and advance further.
Visible to the naked eye, each of the ten Monarch Puppets was attached to a Sealing Gate. As they were refined by infinite thunder light, they seemed to slowly fuse into one, quite astonishing!
Outside, the world was completely unaware of Ye Chen's current tribulation-crossing situation. Even Ancient Monarchs could not spy on it. They glanced at each other, each harboring deep shock.
Clearly, even Ancient Monarchs like them were unable to see Ye Chen's tribulation-crossing situation.
However, the continuous great tribulation proved that Ye Chen had not fallen, for if the tribulation-crosser perished, the heavenly tribulation would inevitably dissipate.
...
Just as Ye Chen's tribulation-crossing had persisted for a full half-hour, suddenly, within the nine Immortal Halls, multiple Flame Emperor Domain Ancient Monarchs who had been sitting high upon their sovereign thrones abruptly changed expression. One by one, they soared from the Immortal Halls, landing outside the halls, gazing at the distant horizon.
Exchanging glances, none were without solemn expressions.
"Assemble immediately! Enemy attack!"
Accompanied by a Dao shout from an Ancient Monarch that exploded like heavenly thunder, the Flame Emperor Domain camp's powerhouses were all startled awake, but they quickly regrouped and gathered without the slightest disorder, maintaining overall order.
Among them, within the camp gathering numerous Quasi-Sovereigns, Xu Chengzi gazed into the unreachable, extreme distance. Vaguely, he sensed many extremely fearsome auras, each far surpassing his own.
At this moment, Xu Chengzi couldn't help but reveal a cruel smile at the corner of his mouth. Looking up at the sea of tribulation light and thunder rumbling with thunder light at the zenith of the sky, he harbored boundless resentment.
Battle Saint King, this time, let's see how you escape this calamity!
If you had given the Supreme inheritance to me, I might have remembered the favor and let you die a little later.
But since you heartlessly refused, unwilling to hand it over, I have no choice but to send you to an early death.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
Simultaneously, at the distant horizon, suddenly, terrifying auras shot into the sky like lightning, transforming into light pillars resembling towering pillars of heaven. Each one radiated overwhelming, boundless divine might.
Under such peerless divine might, heaven collapsed and earth cracked, the firmament shattered, everything turned to nothingness.
As if in a trance, it seemed as if one supreme deity after another stood tall, traversing the boundless starry sky, approaching.