Boom! Rumble!
During the long-distance teleportation, the group occasionally witnessed supreme experts engaged in fierce battles within the void space. These were mostly at the Emperor level, and they even saw many clashes between Great Emperor-level powerhouses. They even witnessed several terrifying confrontations between Supreme Giants.
However, none of this significantly affected the passage of the Emperor-level divine ship, as this kind of traversal was inherently protected by the teleportation array. Such arrays were inscribed by Giant-level existences, ensuring safety. Moreover, those peerless experts engaged in such duels would not lightly damage these teleportation channels; this was an unspoken consensus among all parties in the Origin Land.
Twenty-seven long years passed.
Over these years, Ye Chen's flesh body had been tempered by spatial storms countless times, truly forged through a thousand hammers and a hundred refinements. Now, even when facing terrifying spatial storms, his flesh would not immediately be torn open and bloodied. He could withstand them for a long time before being ripped apart, clearly having been elevated to a fearsome degree. His physical body had evolved to an extremely astonishing level.
During this period, Ye Chen naturally sparred with Zhenyu Imperial Son, Martial God, and others to test their cultivation progress, often stopping at the appropriate point. Yet even so, he still displayed his terrifying physical body that left others in awe.
Over these years, Zhenyu Imperial Son's cultivation had also advanced by leaps and bounds. During the twenty-seven years of teleportation, he progressed further, becoming a Seven Tribulation God King and stabilizing his realm, capable of contending against Ten or Eleven Tribulation God Kings who were not at the Great Perfection stage.
But even so, facing Ye Chen, despite his powerful Dao techniques that had surpassed his past self, when he attacked, he still found it difficult to breach Ye Chen's physical defense.
"Such a formidable physical body!" Zhenyu Imperial Son exclaimed in amazement. In the past when he sparred with Ye Chen, even though the latter's body was indeed strong, he could still injure him. However, now, even when he unleashed powerful Emperor-level divine abilities and struck out, he could not breach the defense or cause the slightest harm.
Just how terrifyingly powerful must that physical body be? It was practically impervious to all techniques and indestructible through all tribulations!
Boom!
Ye Chen threw a punch, shattering all techniques.
It carried the might of one force breaking ten thousand techniques!
Zhenyu Imperial Son staggered back several steps. If he had faced that punch head-on, he feared he would have suffered serious injuries; this was no joke.
The group marveled. Just how strong was Ye Chen's physical body now? It had likely reached an unfathomable level.
As for Martial God, the gap between him and Ye Chen had grown even wider. Gritting his teeth, he tried to emulate Ye Chen, attempting to endure the baptism of spatial storms to temper a stronger body. Although he achieved decent results, he nearly lost his life in the process.
Martial God sighed helplessly at this. Indeed, one could not compare to such inhuman freaks.
Thirty years later, the group arrived safely and without major incident at the Boundless Domain.
The Boundless Domain was one of the central-southern border territories of the Origin Land. Like the Southern Wasteland, it was a vast, endless expanse of land. However, the Boundless Domain far surpassed the Southern Wasteland in all aspects, with countless powerhouses and experts as numerous as trees in a forest.
During the final leg of the teleportation, they could frequently sense top-tier experts intruding into the void space. These were powerhouses from the Boundless Domain.
The core of the Boundless Domain was Boundless City, a Great Domain's main city similar to Southern Wilderness Boundary City. Of course, Boundless City was far stronger than Southern Wilderness Boundary City.
When Ye Chen and the others arrived, they emerged from Boundless City's teleportation gate and immediately sensed the city's terrifying aura. It was like a gathering of dragons, far more frightening than Southern Wilderness Boundary City by an unknown degree. With careful perception, one could discover that within the city were multiple Great Emperor-level powerhouses, and even Giant-level existences, completely overwhelming Southern Wilderness Boundary City.
"Is this Boundless City?"
The group marveled. Boundless City was immense, towering and soaring deep into the starry sky, surrounded by infinite stars. Moreover, twenty-seven blazing suns hung in the sky, illuminating the heavens. It was said that each sun was the manifestation of a Supreme Giant's Great Dao, imitating the supreme existences that illuminated the myriad heavens of the Origin, manifesting as Heavenly Venerate suns that shone through past and present.
Zhenyu Imperial Son said, "My Imperial Father once said that within the Origin Land, aside from the core Thirty-Three Tian Domains, the Boundless Domain ranks within the top hundred among the many ancient Great Domains in terms of strength."
The Origin Land was vast and boundless, divided into far more than ten thousand domains. The Southern Wasteland was just one of them. In terms of overall strength, it could only be considered a backwater in the Origin Land, seen by countless powerhouses as a barren, desolate land. The Boundless Domain, capable of ranking within the top hundred Great Domains, was proof enough of its strength. Just the twenty-seven manifested suns in Boundless City represented at least twenty-seven Supreme Giants residing there—a number surpassing the total count of Giants in the entire Southern Wasteland.
Boundless City was filled with powerhouses and experts. Ye Chen, Zhenyu Imperial Son, Martial God, and the others encountered multiple Imperial Son-level figures along the way. Because Boundless City served as a midway relay station for many border ancient domains heading to the Thirty-Three Tian Domains, and was the main city of this vast ancient domain, many top-tier experts rarely seen elsewhere could often be encountered here.
Naturally, the teleportation channel from Boundless City to the Thirty-Three Tian Domains required some time to activate. Therefore, during this period, the group temporarily resided within Boundless City.
They temporarily took up residence in a palace located in the city center. Although the price was high, they were wealthy and it was not a problem. Within the palace were all kinds of fine wines and delicacies, first-class treasures containing divine properties, and extraordinary cultivation grounds were also provided.
Not long after, Zhenyu Imperial Son said, "As a relay station to the Thirty-Three Tian Domains, Boundless City gathers Heaven's Prides from many border Great Domains. Tonight, I hear someone is hosting a grand feast at the Thousand Stars Tower, inviting Heaven's Prides from all sides. Are you interested in attending?"
Many were interested because a Heaven's Pride gathering held in Boundless City would surely far surpass those in Zhenyu Imperial City and Southern Wilderness Boundary City. It would not be limited to an Imperial Domain but would involve vast territories like the Southern Wasteland. Anyone capable of emerging from a Great Domain was no ordinary Heaven's Pride; many were Imperial Son-level figures, and some were even descendants of Supreme Giants like Zhenyu Imperial Son and Chitian Imperial Son, far more formidable in all aspects.
One could imagine how grand a feast gathering Heaven's Prides from numerous vast territories would be—definitely a rare and magnificent banquet.
Heaven's Prides like Martial God and the Ten Great Divine Sons, who left the Southern Wasteland for the Thirty-Three Tian Domains, hoped to compete with super-talents from across the heavens and impact the supreme realms. Now, a Heaven's Pride feast in Boundless City was like a preview, allowing them to at least sense the prowess of super-talents from multiple ancient Great Domains.
"You all go. I'll pass," Ye Chen said, showing no interest in moving. He was more interested in the palace they were temporarily staying in than participating in such a Heaven's Pride gathering.
Though Zhenyu Imperial Son felt it was a pity, he still left with the others.
Ye Chen sat cross-legged in the palace, quietly contemplating the heavens and earth of Boundless City. The city's heavens and earth were extraordinary, imprinted with the Emperor Dao marks of many Emperors, and even Giant marks like those of Zhenyu Great Emperor. Throughout the ages, who knew how many Supreme One marks had been imprinted here, making Boundless City terrifying and superior to Southern Wilderness Boundary City. Even if a Giant came, they likely could not shake it.
Although Ye Chen did not cultivate the Dao, he cultivated his physical body and also perceived the heavens and earth. He could similarly sense that within Boundless City, faintly discernible were the Great Dao marks of supreme powerhouses, as if numerous Great Emperors and Giants were sitting cross-legged in the void, outlining the myriad Daos of heaven and earth, drawing near to Boundless City.
He opened his mind and body, actually feeling as if he could merge with Boundless City itself. He sensed all those Supreme One marks and, borrowing from each, drew in a trace of Supreme One might from the void, channeling it into his body.
Crackle! Pop!
As the various Supreme One might entered his body, his flesh immediately erupted with thunderous sounds, continuously tempering his physique.
If outsiders saw this, they would surely be astonished, for such a method was truly remarkable. Even those Supreme Great Emperors within Boundless City had never achieved this.
After persisting for an entire night, this sensation gradually faded.
Ye Chen clearly felt that his physical body's strength had actually advanced further. He couldn't help but find it strange. Looking at Boundless City, he muttered to himself, "I always feel that the stronger my body is tempered, the clearer and more harmonious my resonance with the myriad Daos of heaven and earth becomes. Although I don't cultivate the Dao, it seems that if I wish, I can use my physical body to command the myriad Daos."
Before he could ponder this deeply, suddenly, a blood-stained figure staggered in from outside, nearly falling.
It was a Heaven's Pride from the Boundary Desert named Dawei. His burly body was covered in wounds, many so deep the bone was visible, gruesome and horrifying, a shocking sight.
Ye Chen immediately stepped forward, catching Dawei, his expression sinking as he frowned. "Dawei, what happened?"
As he spoke, he circulated his own blood energy, channeling it into Dawei's body to help heal his injuries. He could see Dawei's injuries were severe; there were Dao wounds within his body, with the Dao principles of other top-tier experts deeply embedded, preventing the wounds from healing. That he managed to hold on and return was already remarkable.
"Brother Ye!"
Dawei was overjoyed. Although Ye Chen was younger and smaller in stature than him, his strength was immense, leading the two Boundary Desert Heaven's Prides to usually address him as 'big brother.' Seeing Ye Chen appear now, he was thrilled and hurriedly said, "Brother Ye, something terrible has happened! There's trouble at the Thousand Stars Tower. Someone took the opportunity to attack us. Now, Zhenyu Imperial Son and Brother Martial God are being restrained, and the other brothers are severely injured. Only I managed to escape."
Ye Chen's expression darkened. Without another word, he grabbed Dawei and shot into the sky. "Let's go! Tell me on the way what exactly happened!"
The Thousand Stars Tower was also located in the city center, so it wasn't far.
A short while later, Ye Chen and Dawei arrived at the Thousand Stars Tower.
It was an extraordinarily majestic and towering building, a full thousand stories high, soaring into the clouds with mist swirling around it, as if it could reach straight to the sun. At night, it would rival the bright moon, with star radiance from the myriad heavens sprinkling down, making it quite extraordinary.
It was said the Thousand Stars Tower was built by a Supreme Giant. Each layer was a star, condensed from a thousand massive stars to construct this tower, imbued with the might of a thousand stars.
At this moment, on the nine-hundredth floor of the Thousand Stars Tower, a fearsome battle was taking place—a God King-level clash with various terrifying Dao principles in chaotic disarray, tearing through the void. If not for this place being the Thousand Stars Tower, incredibly stable, and within Boundless City, it would be utterly unable to withstand the battle of a group of God Kings.
"Let's go, take a look inside!" Ye Chen grabbed Dawei, tore open the light curtain outside the nine-hundredth floor, and directly entered.
On the way, he had already learned the situation.
Originally, at this Heaven's Pride feast in Boundless City, many peerless Heaven's Prides from vast Great Domains had gathered, a gathering of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, truly fearsome. Initially, although the gathered Heaven's Prides sparred with each other, they coexisted peacefully.
However, when Zhenyu Imperial Son and the others arrived, someone came forward to provoke them and directly launched a large-scale attack.
The attacker was Long Yuan, the son of a Supreme Giant from the Extreme Southern Sea.
It was said the Extreme Southern Sea bordered the Southern Wasteland, and one of its Supreme Giants was a sworn friend of Chitian Imperial Ancestor. Upon learning of Chitian Imperial Ancestor's death, that Supreme Giant was furious but could do nothing, for that was the Southern Wasteland, not the Extreme Southern Sea. If he acted, it would inevitably lead to all-out war between the two vast Great Domains.
Coincidentally, that Extreme Southern Sea Giant's son was also traveling to the Thirty-Three Tian Domains for training and had come to the Boundless Domain.
Now, when enemies met, their eyes turned red with hatred.
However, what was most shocking and infuriating was that this Extreme Southern Sea Giant's son, Long Yuan, had been in the Boundless Domain for over a hundred years and had befriended peerless Heaven's Prides from various vast territories. Now, with him taking the lead, other peerless Heaven's Prides also joined in, collectively dealing with Zhenyu Imperial Son and the other Southern Wasteland Heaven's Prides.
Thus, the subsequent scenes unfolded. Aside from Dawei who luckily escaped, Zhenyu Imperial Son, Martial God, and the others were trapped on the nine-hundredth floor.
Dawei firmly believed that if given the chance, Long Yuan and the others would definitely strike to kill Zhenyu Imperial Son and the other Southern Wasteland Heaven's Prides to avenge the Chitian Imperial Ancestor's lineage.
Ye Chen and Dawei stepped onto the nine-hundredth floor. Their appearance attracted many gazes, for anyone capable of reaching this floor was a Heaven's Pride among Heaven's Prides, none of them simple or easy to deal with.
Soon, many were astonished, for among the two newcomers, one was Dawei who had escaped, and the other was a youth with delicate features but not the slightest trace of Great Dao aura—very strange.
Ye Chen's gaze immediately swept toward a certain point in the void, where a majestic divine city floated. The battle was erupting from within that divine city.
In reality, each floor of the Thousand Stars Tower was forged from a condensed star, so the space was enormous. Normally inconspicuous, but once battle commenced, it could accommodate an entire world.
Zhenyu Imperial Son, Martial God, and the others were trapped within that ancient divine city. The city released a heavenly curtain, within which Dao principles intertwined, forming an impregnable barrier that imprisoned Zhenyu Imperial Son and the others. Clearly, the opponents were using this method to trap Zhenyu Imperial Son, preventing them from leaving.
Ye Chen's eyes turned gloomy. He told Dawei to stay put, while his figure shot toward the divine city.