This was a battle waged by Great Powers, and there were ten of them—a sight rarely witnessed throughout the ages. Their might was unparalleled, enough to annihilate world after world. Even from a distance of hundreds of thousands or even millions of miles, safety was not assured. One had to leave this realm of the ancient path.
The Twelve Heavenly Kings had long since retreated to the Tenth Ancient Pass. As the various venerables assaulted the Heavenly Pass, they also emitted a hazy radiance, shielding the Tenth Ancient Pass. Otherwise, with the ten ancient Great Sages unleashing their power, even the residual shockwaves would likely have shattered it.
Yet, the entire Tenth Ancient Pass trembled violently, teetering on the brink of collapse.
Nevertheless, everyone on the ancient pass strained their eyes, gazing towards the Bloody Battlefield and the point where the venerables were storming the pass. They bore witness to this world-shaking assault, an event destined to be recorded in the annals of history.
"You are courting death!"
The great beings within the Heavenly Pass roared in fury, their voices shaking heaven and earth, brimming with incomparable rage.
The ten ancient Great Sages taking action truly possessed the potential to breach the Immortal Heavenly Pass.
Even the Emperor's Pass, eternal and indestructible, trembled violently at this moment, as if it might shatter at any time. The terror was immense.
"Open the Emperor's Pass!"
The voices of the ancient Great Sages boomed, deafening to all, a domineering response.
"The Emperor's Pass cannot be opened. Its dignity tolerates no provocation, not even from Great Powers," the beings of the Heavenly Pass shouted. "Understand this: today you forcefully storm the pass, but tomorrow you will pay tenfold the price. Can you bear such a cost?"
"Others will bear it. Hmph!"
The various venerables snorted coldly, their attacks never ceasing, directly blasting apart heaven and earth as they continued their forceful assault.
Between heaven and earth, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths were blasted asunder. One ancient Great Sage after another made their move, endless divine might sweeping across the sky and earth, all directed towards the Emperor's Pass.
"Ten Great Powers. Throughout the ages, never have so many gathered together."
Ten surges of overwhelming divine might illuminated the heavens, the surging divine might flooding the outer three hundred thousand miles of the ancient path realm with unprecedented power.
This power, this aura, shook the past and present, a resonance rarely seen since antiquity.
The ten ancient Great Sages attacked, and even the ancient weapons in their hands displayed the supreme glory of bygone days. Great Power-level divine might erupted, surging and churning through the nine layers of the firmament.
This firmament was thrown into unprecedented turmoil. Across hundreds of thousands of miles of the ancient path's sky, enormous cracks appeared, tearing through the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths with boundless terror.
Were it not for the divine power left behind by the venerables before entering, the gate of light constructed by the stone stele would have long since shattered.
That terrifying power also transmitted through the gate of light, sweeping through the entire Purple Mansion Sacred Land. Countless mountain peaks crumbled, the earth split, and within the Divine Fall Mountain Range, towering blood-red peaks that pierced the clouds rumbled as they collapsed.
Moreover, it swept under the spatial gate, filling the sky above the Celestial Saint City, shattering the myriad stars.
The people of the world were horrified. What exactly was happening within the Purple Mansion Sacred Land?
Boom—
The Celestial Saint City was reviving, swallowing the starlight that filled the sky, emitting boundless radiance, and even dissolving the immense pressure.
In a daze, terrifying, overwhelming pressure surged forth, sweeping through the heavens. Astonishingly, visions of blade lights and blood shadows appeared. The Celestial Saint City manifested shocking phenomena.
It was as if Divine Spirits were battling in the heavens, killing intent overwhelming the sky. Visions appeared of Divine Spirits soaring through the air, Heavenly Dragons roaring, fierce beasts howling, and stars plummeting—astonishing phenomena manifesting one after another.
All of this was unimaginable.
The state of the distant Emperor's Pass at this moment was unknown, for the assaulting power of the ten Great Powers was peerless in defying the world. That level of might could indeed be described as boundless terror.
Heaven collapsed and earth split, the world shattered. Words failed to describe the scene before them.
Their field of vision was occupied only by endless, blazing radiance; nothing could be seen clearly. But they could feel wave after wave of increasingly powerful fluctuations manifesting. Clearly, the ten ancient Great Sages were still attacking the pass.
The ancient path was vast and magnificent. Great Power laws and divine abilities surged, piercing through the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, obliterating the six directions and eight wildernesses, all striking into the Emperor's Pass.
The ten ancient Great Sages taking action, initiating an event of unprecedented scale since antiquity, was destined to become the most brilliant chapter!
The mysterious Emperor's Pass, incomparably majestic, stood as high as the heavens, like a pitch-black night curtain blotting out the sky. Upon it were embedded stars, forcibly struck into it by sages and Great Powers of the past, eternal and indestructible through the ages.
It could be said that the Emperor's Pass was incomparablysturdy, connected to the Emperor.
But at this moment, the ten ancient Great Sages continuously assaulted it. Every divine ability and law they unleashed was undoubtedly the strongest, unprecedentedly supreme and invincible, even capable of sinking a vast domain of the myriad realms.
Now, all this power was directed towards this eternal, indestructible Heavenly Pass that had stood for ages.
It was unknown which ancient Great Sage spoke: "The Celestial Saint City has revived. This ancient city is indeed like Phoenix City, Sin City, Sacred Emperor City, and other mythical ancient cities, possessing an unfathomable, earth-shattering secret. We can use the power of the Celestial Saint City to storm the pass!"
Boom—
The spatial gate opened wide, and the gate of light expanded. At this moment, the ten ancient Great Sages made their move. Through the spatial gate, they used heaven-reaching means to draw over all the phenomena occurring in the Celestial Saint City. It was as if Divine Spirits from the heavens were soaring over, accompanied by shocking phenomena of Heavenly Dragons, Phoenixes, Kunpeng, Qiongqi, ancient weapons, and myriad realms, all impacting and striking the Immortal Heavenly Pass.
"This is..." Everyone on the Tenth Ancient Pass widened their eyes in shock, watching all of this. Ye Chen's heart trembled, for he actually saw several figures within the phenomena who were extremely powerful—flawless supreme experts at the Tenth Heaven Great Perfection realm.
Old Yan said gravely, "These are the mythical phenomena contained within the Celestial Saint City. This ancient city existed in the Mythical Era in the past and was once occupied by a certain supreme expert. An earth-shattering great battle occurred there. These phenomena are the remnants of that great battle from long ago."
It was unimaginable what kind of fearsome great battle had occurred in the Celestial Saint City in the past, actually involving Great Perfection figures of the Tenth Heaven in the assault, as well as supreme holy spirits like True Dragons and Phoenixes.
"These phenomena... are they left from one of the most terrifying great battles of the past? They were actually recorded and imprinted within that ancient city, drawn over by you. Quite remarkable." The beings on the Heavenly Pass clearly recognized the truth of these light and shadow phenomena.
The Heavenly Pass itself was shaking, teetering on the verge of collapse, being shaken under the phenomena of the Celestial Saint City. Was it truly about to be breached?
"Seize this moment, kill!"
A Dao shout exploded through the six directions and eight wildernesses, shaking the heavens, causing ancient realms to crack.
The ten ancient Great Sages made their move, fearing nothing, slaying gods when encountering gods, slaughtering buddhas when encountering buddhas, sweeping away all obstacles, directly charging forward. Between heaven and earth, there was only a vast expanse of brilliant radiance.
Apart from this, there was nothing else.
It was unknown how much time had passed when the brilliant radiance between heaven and earth suddenly dissipated. Looking into the distance, the great Immortal Heavenly Pass had actually been opened!