Shi Baitian's expression remained unchanged. "The state of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion is not for you to comment on. I was only accepted as a disciple by my Master during his time in the Origin Land because of my father's connection. Among my fellow disciples, my aptitude can only be considered average."
Gai Yi hadn't expected to fail to provoke Shi Baitian, feeling somewhat thwarted. He snorted coldly. "It seems you still have some self-awareness. In that case, if I were you, I would withdraw and no longer claim to be a disciple of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor. Wouldn't that tarnish the Heavenly Venerate's prestigious name?"
Without a doubt, these words were a veiled barb, mocking Shi Baitian's average aptitude and lack of qualification to be the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's disciple.
"Whether Junior Brother Shi can be our Master's disciple is not for an outsider like you to decide," the Primordial Demon God snorted coldly at that moment, clashing with a Great Void Level Giant of the Wanxuan Heavenly Race without falling behind in the slightest.
Clearly, among the several of them, his aptitude and cultivation were the highest.
Shi Baitian said, "I follow my Master. In the future, I will inevitably become one of his ultimate followers, accompanying him to conquer all!"
As he spoke, brilliant light erupted from his entire body, Immortal Radiance thick and intense, as he actively charged towards Gai Yi.
"Ignorant fool," Gai Yi snorted. At this moment, his might increased countlessfold. An immensely vast light of life and death circulated upon his body—these were Great Void Level Laws of Life and Death, constantly transforming, terrifying beyond measure.
In his hand appeared a giant axe, upon which the light of life and death rotated. It was a clear manifestation of his extremely profound attainment in the Dao of Life and Death.
Now, with a single fierce downward chop, it could shatter the Nine Heavens and utterly annihilate even a Great Void Level Giant into dust.
Shi Baitian let out a long roar, resisting with his strongest power.
Boom—
The next moment, all the countless defenses before him were completely shattered, destroyed in an instant by the Life-Death Giant Axe, which landed upon his body.
Crack—
Shi Baitian's entire person was split in two.
But the next instant, the two halves of his body rapidly fused back into one as he retreated lightning-fast into the distance.
What made Gai Yi frown was that he had actually failed to blow Shi Baitian apart. In his understanding, although Shi Baitian was stronger than an ordinary Great Void, he absolutely should not have been able to withstand an attack from a peerless Great Void like himself. Even a casual strike should have had the potential to blast him apart.
Shi Baitian's entire body was covered in cracks like porcelain, with a straight axe mark running down the middle as if cleaving his whole person in two. Only by suppressing it with his absolute cultivation did he prevent himself from being split apart the next moment.
Even so, he was continuously vomiting blood, nearly causing his divine body to explode.
At this moment, Shi Baitian could fully feel the gap between himself and such a peerless Giant on the Great Void Ranking.
Moreover, within his body, a vast surge of death energy was raging, wantonly destroying every inch of his being, as if determined to kill him completely.
However, Shi Baitian suppressed it with his powerful cultivation. If such injuries were to erupt completely, it would cause incomparably terrifying damage to him.
Yet, to better experience the various strengths of a peerless Great Void, Shi Baitian was willing to spare no cost.
At the same time, Jian Wuhen faced Yan Huangyang. Without a doubt, his situation was more severe than Shi Baitian's. For on the Great Void Ranking, Yan Huangyang was ranked thirteenth, while Gai Yi was only seventeenth.
Jian Wuhen's strength was similar to Shi Baitian's, not much different. Therefore, once the battle began, he was crushed.
Jian Wuhen also suffered a similarly terrifying heavy injury, nearly on the verge of exploding. Likewise, he continuously honed himself in battle, hoping to become stronger.
Undoubtedly, this was effective. He touched upon a more powerful realm of the Great Void.
Wang Xiong faced Ming Jiuyou of the Guming Heavenly Race, ranked twenty-first on the Great Void Ranking. In terms of ranking and strength, Ming Jiuyou had some gap compared to Yan Huangyang and Gai Yi, but his power was still boundlessly terrifying. Being able to rank on the Great Void Ranking was proof enough—this was a peerless Great Void invincible in the current era.
Wang Xiong similarly suffered a terrible crushing defeat. To call it a miserable loss was no exaggeration.
Cang Xiong and the Primordial Demon God fared much better. The Primordial Demon God's strength was considered quite good among Ye Chen's disciples, clashing with a Great Void Level Giant of the Wanxuan Heavenly Race without falling into the slightest disadvantage.
On the other side, Cang Xiong was the same. Do not be fooled by him being the eldest; one must not forget that the original Cang Xiong had attained the Dao as an Eternal Monarch. Once he attained the Dao, he reached the Heaven-Penetrating Level Giant tier. Even if he couldn't rank on the Great Void Ranking, he possessed the strength to touch it.
As for the final person, Yan Wushuang, he relied on endless faith power to resist the Great Void Level Giant of the Shifang Heavenly Race. His comprehension of faith power had undoubtedly reached a level unimaginable to ordinary people, possessing extremely profound attainment.
However, three held their ground, three were defeated.
In the Great Void Level sparring match, without a doubt and unsurprisingly, the Chaos Heavenly Mansion side lost.
After leaving the cosmic battlefield, Ye Chen personally intervened to heal his several disciples and Cang Xiong. Instantly, their injuries were resolved, making people feel the unfathomable depth of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate. Even an Ancient Great Venerate was like this before a Supreme Heavenly Venerate.
They knew that no matter how powerful one became, without reaching the Heavenly Venerate realm, one could never comprehend how unfathomable a Supreme Heavenly Venerate truly was.
Ye Chen's expression was placid as he addressed his disciples, especially Shi Baitian, Wang Xiong, and Jian Wuhen. "You all gained some insights, didn't you?"
"Yes, Master!"
The three had faced peerless Great Venerates from the Great Void Ranking in close combat, gaining deep insights that would be of immense, absolute help for their future advancement within the Great Void Level.
"Very good. Since you have gained insights, that is best. They are merely the whetstones I provided for you. In the future, you will also reach this level, even surpass it. Once your insights are consolidated, this Master will allow your potential to be fully stimulated, reaching the level of Heavenly Venerate aptitude." Ye Chen flicked his sleeve, and the several of them instantly vanished before the crowd, their whereabouts unknown. Cang Xiong also disappeared.
But everyone knew this was the Chaos Heavenly Emperor intentionally tempering his several disciples and Cang Xiong, using the strongest Great Void Level Giants of the Six Heavenly Races as whetstones. Now that they had profound insights, he was sending them away to properly comprehend them.
This made the Six Heavenly Races, who had returned in great victory, suddenly feel as uncomfortable as if they had swallowed a dead child.
They thought they had defeated the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, dealing it a heavy blow. Yet the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's goal from the start had not been to win, but to use the Six Heavenly Races' strongest Great Void Level Giants to temper his disciples—nothing more.
They appeared to have won, but in reality, they had already lost.