The Future Buddha finally left the Starry Sky Ancient Path, journeying through the myriad domains of the heavens before entering the Eight Realms of Ten Thousand Worlds, wandering among various ancient Buddhist sites.
Wherever he passed, local people would worship, erect Buddha statues, and pay homage to the Future Buddha.
Finally, the Future Buddha entered the Great Thunderclap Temple.
At that moment, the Great Thunderclap Temple radiated billions of zhang of Buddhist light. In a trance, it seemed as if the Buddha of old had returned. All the Buddhas across the heavens bowed in reverence, continuously chanting sutras and reciting the Buddha's name.
On that day, boundless Buddhist light soared to the heavens from the myriad domains and the Eight Realms of Ten Thousand Worlds, and immeasurable Faith Power surged toward the Great Thunderclap Temple.
The Great Thunderclap Temple, which had gradually faded into obscurity after entering its golden age, seemed ready to bloom once more with its infinite radiance.
The Ancient Sovereign Pan Gu of the Mythological Era once declared that the Future Buddha would have a place in the future, for they all knew that the person from back then, who did not die, had ultimately returned. He had successfully walked that path and would endure forever in the hearts of the people.
As long as all living beings do not perish, and faith does not die, he will not perish.
Ye Chen looked at the Great Thunderclap Temple, revealing a trace of hope. He then turned his gaze to the boundless ocean of Faith Power within the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, where two figures floated and sank—Yan Wu Shuang and the Great Heavenly Venerate Cang Xuan.
A million years had passed, and even the Great Heavenly Venerate Cang Xuan had reconstituted his physical body.
Among the reasons was Ye Chen's contribution. Using the few drops of remnant blood left behind by the Great Heavenly Venerate Cang Qiong, he nurtured it anew, feeding it with his own Chaos Saint Blood. After tens of thousands of years, he finally allowed the Great Heavenly Venerate Cang Qiong's physical form to reappear in the mortal world.
Both sat cross-legged with closed eyes in the boundless ocean of Faith Power. Endless rays of dawn light continuously flowed from all directions into their bodies.
This was all the Faith Power of all living beings!
He also wished to use this method to resurrect them both.
There was a great possibility of success.
On the Starry Sky Ancient Path, with the Future Buddha's withdrawal, there were even fewer Heaven's Prides capable of contending with Ye Wudao—they could be counted on one hand.
Among them was one person whose aptitude was originally quite ordinary, a mortal physique. He struggled for ten years to barely reach the Innate realm, became a Half-Step Divine at a hundred years old, a Divine Transformation cultivator at four hundred, a Saint Vault cultivator at seven hundred. He then entered Samsara for three hundred years, only barely becoming a Heavenly King after just over a thousand years.
His aptitude remained mediocre, utterly unremarkable. Yet, shockingly, during his Samsara reincarnation and cultivation restart, he actually cultivated the Half-Step Divine, Divine Transformation, and Saint Vault realms to the Great Perfection stage of the Tenth Heaven. In one leap, he entered the ranks of the most outstanding Supreme Heaven's Prides of the heavens.
However, even after becoming a Heavenly King, his aptitude was still relatively average. He also had no corresponding Supreme inheritance techniques like Emperor Scriptures or Sovereign Scriptures to cultivate. He practiced only ordinary methods, relying on his own bit-by-bit comprehension to advance step by step.
In confrontations, he was at a particular disadvantage because he only mastered ordinary divine abilities, unlike other Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses who were either children of Supremes or disciples of Supremes, taught Emperor-level techniques—the gap was immense.
Often, this mortal physique cultivator was ultimately defeated, becoming the one who suffered the most major defeats among the generations of Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses. He was even once regarded as a disgrace among the Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses.
Even so, he stubbornly, step by step, ascended the Starry Sky Ancient Path. And as time passed, after enduring countless major defeats, he actually staged a comeback in the later stages, rising to become one of the most dazzling Supreme Heaven's Prides of the current era.
His name was Zhou Fan. True to his name, he was an unremarkable-looking Heaven's Pride. That he could reach this step was extremely extraordinary.
But in the later stages, the strength he displayed was enough to rival Ye Wudao, leaving people incredulous.
He had no master, relying entirely on himself to walk step by step to the present.
Now, Zhou Fan's peerless Emperor-like bearing illuminated the starry sky. He defeated numerous Supreme Heaven's Prides, even including Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses like Emperor sons and Emperor daughters, becoming a mythical Supreme Heaven's Pride existence of the current era.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!—
Deep in the starry sky, an intense great confrontation that shook the heavens was taking place—a duel between two Divine Kings.
One of them was Ye Wudao, who inherited Ye Chen's Chaos bloodline, possessing a Chaos Body, innate Chaos peerlessness. Around him flowed ten thousand layers of Chaos light, giving birth to myriad worlds. He was like a Chaos overlord, spanning the starry sky. With every gesture, he drew upon thousands of stars, hurling them toward his enemy.
He did not attack lightly, but when he did, it was a supreme strike!
In the current era, even among other Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses, few could withstand such a peerless blow.
The enemy was none other than Zhou Fan.
Now, he was also a Fifth Tribulation Divine King, the same rank as Ye Wudao, and extremely powerful.
Although he cultivated no Supreme-level scriptures, he relied on a special technique he comprehended from Samsara to cultivate to this day, which was very powerful.
During Zhou Fan's three-hundred-year period in Samsara, something unknown happened. He suddenly became very powerful. With every gesture, he also gave birth to strands of flawless immortal light, dancing in the starry sky, transforming into the most terrifying immortal light that slashed toward those thousands of stars, causing a terrifying great explosion deep in the starry sky.
It must be said, he was very strong. Although only a Fifth Tribulation Divine King, his combat power was considerably greater than that of an ordinary Ninth Tribulation Divine King.
He traversed layer upon layer of starry sky, displaying various powerful divine abilities—all techniques he had obtained over the years from the ancient trial passes set up by Supremes at various points along the Starry Sky Ancient Path. Among them were Emperor-level techniques, and even forbidden divine abilities.
The two engaged in fierce combat deep in the starry sky, alarming many supreme experts who watched from afar. Many Supreme Heaven's Prides also appeared, observing this battle that could be called earth-shattering within the Emperor-Sovereign trial.
Rumble—
An entire star domain exploded—the result of their collision.
Ye Wudao stood atop the highest point of the heavens, his body wreathed in Chaos light, like a second Chaos Heavenly Emperor. Around him, Samsara halos appeared, erupting into six mysterious halos, resembling six ancient and mysterious great worlds that crushed the starry sky, exuding a terrifying aura that would make even Divine Kings tremble.
Without a doubt, these were the divine abilities of the two primal giants, Samsara and Six Paths. Ye Wudao had naturally studied them and was now unleashing them.
The Samsara Six Paths rotated, suppressing time and space, displaying fearsome might that shook the six directions and eight wildernesses. It also caused countless stars in the starry sky to explode one after another, unable to withstand that level of power.
Even other Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses gasped in shock. If they were to step forward, they had little confidence they could withstand Ye Wudao's peerless assault.
Although a Fifth Tribulation Divine King, everyone knew the offensive power Ye Wudao could display reached at least the level of an ordinary Divine King's Tenth Tribulation, or even greater.
Zhou Fan, named 'Fan' (ordinary) but extraordinary, shone with dazzling immortal light all over his body. One immortal Dao rune after another manifested, encircling him.
At this moment, it was as if an Immortal Venerate had been reborn. Behind him appeared a majestic, peerless Immortal Venerate phantom.
All sides were shocked. Could Zhou Fan be a reincarnated Immortal Venerate?