On the way to the Barbarian Tribe.
Suddenly, Ye Chen felt a stirring in his heart. He raised his head to gaze at the vast heavens above, faintly sensing a terrifying aura of boundless darkness.
His eyes narrowed instantly, deep and fearsome. He murmured softly to himself, "The alien race is still here. What a pity my cultivation is sealed, otherwise I'd really like to slap them into the void and crush them to death."
If not for his wariness regarding his currently sealed cultivation, he truly wished to charge into the starry ruins above the heavens.
But he suppressed the urge. Once he made a move, all those great enemies from back then would jump out one by one.
If he truly acted now, the consequences would be no ordinary trouble. For now, he needed to endure, at least until his injuries recovered.
In less than half a day, the two arrived at the location of the Barbarian Tribe.
This was with Ye Chen holding back, only using a minuscule amount of his power. Otherwise, with the might of his Chaos Supreme Body, tearing through the void and traversing hundreds of millions of li would be effortless.
The Barbarian Tribe was located deep within the Million Mountains of the Sunset State, one of Eastern Victory's Thirteen States. It occupied a million li of primeval forest, like a piece of ancient primordial land.
True to its name, the Barbarian Tribe resembled a traditional tribe, displaying a rugged simplicity. Deep in the mountains stood numerous massive tents and stockades, with terrifying primordial beasts and ferocious beasts domesticated there.
It seemed backward, but the overall strength of the Barbarian Tribe was extremely powerful. As they approached, one could clearly feel powerful surges of blood energy shooting up from within the tribe like pillars of light.
It was evident how formidable the clansmen dwelling here were, extraordinary indeed, worthy of being called a superpower that shook Eastern Victory's Thirteen States of the Ancient Kingdom.
With the absolute sharpness of his five senses and six perceptions, Ye Chen could clearly sense that while these surges of blood energy appeared strong, they harbored immense hidden dangers within. Moreover, each one, like Barbarian Tiger, bore bloodline seals.
He increasingly felt this tribe was not simple; their origins were likely quite astonishing.
The return of the Young King Barbarian Tiger drew the attention of the tribal clansmen. Especially seeing the slender, upright young figure following behind him, they were quite surprised, but held little hostility. On the contrary, many clansmen nodded at him quite amiably.
It was clear the Barbarian Tribe was primitive and honest, earning some of Ye Chen's favor.
"Barbarian Tiger, why are you back so soon? Did you already kill Cangxue Palace's future king, Ao Changkong?" an older clansman teased.
Both Barbarian Tiger and Ao Changkong were among the top Super Geniuses of Eastern Victory's Thirteen States, viewing each other as powerful rivals since the beginning of their cultivation.
Barbarian Tiger looked at him in surprise. "Uncle, you guessed it."
The uncle was dumbfounded and hurriedly said, "Barbarian Tiger, you're not joking, are you? You really killed that Ao Changkong?"
Ao Changkong was a Super Genius of the younger generation who could rival Barbarian Tiger. His strength was so great that few at the Demi-Saint level could match him; even many veteran Demi-Saints were no match for him.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have become the successor of a superpower comparable to the Barbarian Tribe.
Barbarian Tiger smiled bitterly. "Uncle, I really wouldn't dare lie to you. Ao Changkong is truly dead, but I didn't kill him. It was this senior!"
He looked at Ye Chen.
"Senior?"
Numerous clansmen looked at Ye Chen with suspicion and doubt. The latter appeared to be only in his early twenties, his blood energy carrying youthful vigor—also of the younger generation—yet he could kill Ao Changkong?
Although Ao Changkong was a Heaven's Pride of their rival Cangxue Palace, the Barbarian Tribe had to admit his prowess. Among the entire younger generation of the Barbarian Tribe, only Barbarian Tiger could be mentioned in the same breath. Yet he was killed? It was somewhat hard to believe.
Especially since this person was quite young, brimming with vitality, looking about the same age as Barbarian Tiger, yet had already reached this level?
Could he be a successor from some other top-tier force?
Barbarian Tiger's return stirred several highly respected elders within the tribe, all at the late Saint Treasury Realm, considered quite powerful.
They said solemnly, "May we ask which force you hail from, young friend?"
"Heavenly Kingdom," Ye Chen did not conceal it.
Heavenly Kingdom?
The numerous clansmen exchanged glances, feeling they had never heard of it.
Was there an Ancient Kingdom called Heavenly Kingdom in the Primordial Heaven Realm?
Only those few highly respected elders felt the name Heavenly Kingdom seemed familiar, as if they had heard it somewhere before, but couldn't recall where at the moment.
Barbarian Tiger hurriedly said, "Honored elders, this senior is no ordinary person. His physical body can shatter the void!"
Boom—
It was like a bolt from the blue, instantly shocking the many clansmen of the Barbarian Tribe.
Even those few tribal elders found it hard to conceal their astonishment.
Shattering the void with the physical body represented reaching an extremely high level on the Body Refinement Path.
They found it hard to believe a man so young could achieve this. But since Barbarian Tiger affirmed it, they had to take it seriously.
Yet they still harbored some doubt—had Barbarian Tiger seen wrong?
One must know that shattering the void could be done by a Heavenly King. But shattering the void with the physical body represented a level of bodily strength comparable to a Heavenly King, capable of fighting a Heavenly King with bare hands, shaking Heavenly King Dao weapons with bare hands—not to be underestimated.
Such individuals, even within the entire current Barbarian Tribe which possessed an ancient Divine King Body Refinement Path inheritance, were few and far between.
Could a young Heaven's Pride emerging from a mysterious Heavenly Kingdom reach this step?
Such a person would be hard to find even one or two in the entire Qianwu Ancient Kingdom.
Regarding these doubts, Ye Chen didn't mind much. After all, he could sense they were just shocked by this fact and thus skeptical, harboring little malice. He immediately smiled, extended a finger, and lightly poked, piercing through the void.
Pfft—
Void shattered!
Seeing is believing. Only then did the Barbarian Tribe clansmen believe the fact with shock.
On the spot, several tribal elders stepped forward to apologize, deeply ashamed, asking Ye Chen for forgiveness, their attitude very good.
The other clansmen also bowed respectfully—this was respect for the dignity of a powerful expert.
The strong are revered; the relatively primitive Barbarian Tribe especially revered the strong.
Barbarian Tiger explained their purpose by his side, making them even more pleasantly surprised.
After so many years had passed, today they finally saw a glimmer of hope regarding the flaws of the "Barbarian Divine King Art."
Immediately, the Barbarian Tribe welcomed Ye Chen's entry with very high protocol.
Ye Chen did not refuse, entering a hall within the Barbarian Tribe. It was a hall hollowed out within a mountain peak, appearing primitive and ancient, inscribed with various Dao Patterns. Layers of Dao Patterns faintly shimmered—it was a hall of very high protocol within the tribe.
Not long after, the chieftain of the Barbarian Tribe and several long-surviving elders appeared, all standing within the Heavenly King realm.
This was the Barbarian Tribe's confidence in dominating Eastern Victory's Thirteen States—possessing multiple Heavenly Kings.
Among them, the chieftain seemed on the verge of death, very aged, his blood energy withered, but his divine power was extremely vigorous, at the half-step Great Power level, quite formidable.
His eyes were like divine lamps, illuminating the entire mountain hall.
Although his blood energy was withered, who would dare question his strength?
This was a fearsome figure who intimidated the entire Eastern Victory's Thirteen States.