It is said that when one attains the Dao and becomes an Emperor, the Emperor's Dao emerges, suppressing all the myriad Daos of the heavens.
This statement indeed holds true. Now, with Ye Chen's body alone having ascended to the level of an Imperial Monarch, such supreme imposing might could be sensed across nearly half the starry cosmos. Once he truly attains the Dao and becomes an Emperor, his Emperor's Dao would suppress the entire Great Universe.
"He has become a Monarch! The Battle Saint King has finally become a supreme Imperial Monarch!"
"How could it be so sudden? He was clearly undergoing the most terrifying Monarch Tribulation, in the most intense state. It was only expected to be halfway through, yet now it has vanished immediately. Why is this?"
"The Battle Saint King has defied the heavens!"
The starry cosmos of the Great Universe, the myriad races of the starry sky, and all the powers of the heavens were utterly shocked.
Because it was too fast. The Monarch Tribulation had vanished at its most intense and fierce moment, startling everyone and leaving them in disbelief.
However, they all knew that from this moment on, another Monarch had appeared in this starry cosmos.
"Hahaha, the Ancestor is indeed wise! With the Battle Saint King becoming a Monarch, our Alchemy Emperor Clan can be considered to have befriended him."
Within the Alchemy Realm, the entire Alchemy Emperor Clan cheered. The Battle Saint King had achieved Monarch status, and the Old Monarch had carried the Alchemy Emperor Cauldron to rescue him at all costs. This was a life-and-death friendship offered in a time of need, which would undoubtedly resolve all past grievances with the Battle Saint King and earn his friendship.
In contrast, the Jiuyan Imperial Clan was shrouded in an oppressive atmosphere.
At the critical moment, they had refused to go and help the Battle Saint King, even forcing Yan Wushuang, the Battle Saint King's personal disciple, to risk everything, leading to his life-and-death struggle.
Without a doubt, once the Battle Saint King turned his attention to them, he would hold the Jiuyan Imperial Clan accountable. The entire Jiuyan Imperial Clan could never withstand the interrogation of such a Monarch.
Sovereign Jiu Xuan's expression was exceptionally grim, tinged with a trace of fear.
If a Monarch were to hold him accountable, even he, a Sovereign of an imperial clan, would not dare to bear it.
Yan Gushen felt terror, his face deathly pale.
"Well, the Battle Saint King has ultimately become a Monarch after all, hahaha—"
The four Starry Sky Overlords, including the Ice Flame Monarch, who had been at a disadvantage, now breathed a sigh of relief. Their combat power surged, increasingly holding off the assaults of the five Starry Sky Overlords from the Soul-Restraining Hall.
The powerhouses of the Ultimate Ancient Path also wore smiles, filled with boundless joy.
The Battle Saint King becoming a Monarch meant, without a doubt, that the entire situation would be completely reversed.
Instead, infinite disaster would truly descend, and the ones to suffer would be the Soul-Restraining Hall's side.
The Soul-Restraining Hall's side was also dumbfounded, utterly shocked.
Especially the Third and Fourth Emperor Envoys, whose expressions were exceptionally ugly.
The Battle Saint King becoming a Monarch was an enormous threat to the Soul-Restraining Hall.
But the Third Emperor Envoy snorted coldly and shouted, "So what if you've become a Monarch? You've just stepped into it, not yet fully stabilized. This arrow is enough to shatter your realm, make you fall from the Emperor Lord domain, even kill you!"
Regarding this arrow, the Third Emperor Envoy had absolute confidence. It was the peak strike from the Imperial Monarch War Bow at full draw, powerful enough to severely injure a Monarch, let alone Ye Chen, who had just stepped into Monarchhood. He would definitely be unable to withstand it.
At this moment, the Imperial Monarch Bone Arrow, having traversed what seemed like an eternity, finally arrived before Ye Chen. Its entire body radiated the most terrifying aura, as if an Imperial Monarch himself, wielding a war halberd, had come to kill.
Ye Chen's expression remained impassive. A thunderous roar erupted from his body—the sound of his blood boiling and roaring within, deafening, more terrifying than heavenly thunder.
A vast, surging blood vitality, far exceeding anything before, shot into the heavens, accompanied by an immeasurable aura that swept over like a tidal wave.
The intensity of this blood vitality even surpassed the scope of the earlier Monarch Tribulation, shaking the Great Universe.
At this moment, the world finally understood: the Battle Saint King had not become a Monarch through cultivation; he had achieved Body Ascension to Imperial Monarch, having walked an extremely long path in body refinement, directly breaking through the limits to stand within the Emperor Lord domain.
"Body Ascension to Imperial Monarch! No wonder the heavenly tribulation vanished so suddenly. So that's it! The Battle Saint King has truly defied the world!"
"His own cultivation hasn't reached the Monarch level, yet his body has achieved it first. What a terrifying physique! Unprecedented! Throughout the ages, few have managed to achieve Body Ascension to Imperial Monarch while their own cultivation wasn't yet in the Monarch realm. The last person to do so seems to have been the Formless Monarch."
"Truly worthy of being called the second Formless Monarch! He has walked incredibly far on the body refinement path, actually achieving Body Ascension to Imperial Monarch!"
The Third and Fourth Emperor Envoys were also horrified. Body Ascension to Imperial Monarch was, in a sense, far more terrifying than reaching the Monarch level through cultivation.
Achieving Monarch status through cultivation required a period of time to gradually stabilize. However, Body Ascension to Imperial Monarch did not need this; once that level was reached, one could directly wield Monarch-level might!
Moreover, to a certain extent, a body that had ascended to Monarch was more stable than one who had achieved it through cultivation.
After all, cultivation required one's physical body to be able to withstand it to unleash sufficient power, while the body's own strength, once ascended, was superior in some ways.
Of course, Body Ascension to Imperial Monarch was incomparably more difficult. Among ten Monarchs, perhaps only one could achieve it, and they usually did so slowly after already stepping into Monarchhood.
At this moment, Ye Chen looked at the Imperial Monarch Bone Arrow that had shot before his eyes—terrifyingly powerful, wantonly displaying an aura capable of devouring Ancient Sovereigns. Even a Tenth Heaven Sovereign like the Third Emperor Envoy would undoubtedly die if struck by it.
It could be said that before the Imperial Monarch Bone Arrow even truly approached, the terrifying might it radiated, the faint threads of power scattering from it, were enough to annihilate ordinary Ancient Sovereigns and bury multiple star domains.
Yet, faced with such destructive power arriving before him, Ye Chen's Chaos Saint Body, indestructible and imperishable, manifested an immortal divine nature, remaining completely unscathed.
His palm swept forward in a simple, direct motion, without any flourish or display of Dao power, to meet the collision.
All observers focused their gazes, watching intently without blinking, eager to know if the Battle Saint King, having achieved a Monarch-level body, could withstand the world-destroying strike of the Imperial Monarch Bone Arrow.
*Clang!*
The expected great destruction did not occur. Instead, the collision between the pale palm and the Imperial Monarch Bone Arrow was more like the clash of two Monarch-level weapons, erupting with radiant light that devoured the surrounding star domains.
The Imperial Monarch Bone Arrow, which even the Alchemy Emperor Cauldron had barely hindered, was directly knocked off its trajectory by Ye Chen's sweeping palm.
That power was unmistakably at the Monarch level.
The Third and Fourth Emperor Envoys were horrified. The Battle Saint King had truly reached the Monarch level! All doubts vanished!
Simultaneously, everyone saw that at the moment of collision with the Imperial Monarch Bone Arrow, a bloody gash was sliced open on his palm, from which drops of blood emerged.
The world marveled. The Imperial Monarch Bone Arrow was too fearsome; even the Chaos Saint Body, strong enough for Body Ascension to Imperial Monarch, had been pierced.
However, the ones who truly felt shock were the two Emperor Envoys. That was an arrow shot from the Imperial Monarch War Bow at full draw! Its power was terrifying enough to injure a Monarch. Yet, in this collision, it had merely opened a bloody gash on his palm. It was simply mind-boggling.
This was a Monarch-level body—transcendent, unimaginable in its imperishability.
"Interesting. It can actually injure my body. An arrow refined from an Imperial Monarch's Dao Bone is indeed extraordinary."
Ye Chen smiled. Beneath his calm words was high praise for the Imperial Monarch Bone Arrow, yet his expression remained unchanged.
Then, with a grasp of his hand, he firmly caught the Imperial Monarch Bone Arrow in his palm.