Ye Chen stood firm in the vast sky, his black hair dancing wildly, appearing heroic and peerless. Golden light and blood energy permeated the air, erupting through the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, filling the heavens and earth.
He was powerful, peerless. His aura, which had already begun to wane, actually began to climb once more, rapidly reaching its absolute peak in a short time, returning to his supreme, strongest state.
This scene deeply shocked and horrified everyone present, filling them with unbelievable astonishment.
How was this possible!?
This was the thought in everyone's mind. The Battle Saint King had clearly only forcibly gathered a breath of vital energy to reach his peak state; he had never permanently remained at that peak. How could his aura not diminish and recover once again?
Even if he drew vast amounts of vital energy from the void, it would require transformation and time; it couldn't be restored to its absolute peak in an instant.
Ye Chen's eyes shone brilliantly like stars, incredibly eye-catching and piercing, making everyone dare not truly face his gaze.
The Battle Saint King smiled, a bright, dazzling smile. "Did you really think I would just weaken like that?"
With a flick of his hand, an incomplete Heavenly King Spear appeared in his grasp. Though the weapon was incomplete, drops of vivid, precious blood flowed upon it, each drop seemingly containing a sea of blood, flowing abundantly, appearing astonishingly eye-catching.
"An incomplete Heavenly King Spear, and Heavenly King precious blood. Although much of its essence has been lost, it's enough to provide power for the Battle Saint King's recovery."
The overlords were shocked, naturally recognizing all this.
However, Ye Chen flicked his hand again, and a bottle appeared, seemingly formed from complex and profound Dao marks. Within it were stored some drops of blood.
Though not many, only about a dozen drops, each one clearly shone with overwhelming bloody light, possessing strong blood energy fluctuations and interwoven Order Divine Chains.
"Those are... Great Dao Blood from the Heavenly King realm!"
The overlords paled. No one had expected the Battle Saint King to possess such supreme treasures within him, even stronger than the Heavenly King precious blood on the spear, containing even more power, enough for the Battle Saint King to squander for a period and restore his peak form.
But this was not all.
A flash of light, and before everyone's eyes, a light source about half a zhang tall appeared, overflowing with boundless dawn light, containing a sea of heaven and earth spiritual energy, so abundant and pure it was astonishing, making everyone feel their bodies glowing with vitality.
"That's a divine spirit source! Damn it, it's half a zhang tall! This is insane!"
Everyone's eyes turned red with greed. How rare were divine spirit sources? Searching the entire world might not yield many. A spirit vein weighing billions of jin might not produce a spirit source the size of a human head, yet here was one half a zhang tall, enough to make even a Heavenly King moved.
The value of such a divine spirit source could be called priceless, worth tens of millions of jin of spirit stones.
But when everyone saw the Dragon Sturgeon within that half-zhang-tall divine spirit source, they went truly mad.
"My heavens! It actually contains a True Dragon! How is that possible?"
"Not a True Dragon, that's... a Dragon Sturgeon. Heavens! Legend says a Dragon Sturgeon just one chi long can extend lifespan by a thousand years. This one is about two chi long! This is insane!"
Everyone's eyes were about to turn red. If a half-zhang-tall spirit source could move a Heavenly King, then this Dragon Sturgeon would drive even a Heavenly King to madness, sparing no cost.
Two thousand years of extended life—who could remain calm?
Yet all this was actually in the hands of the Battle Saint King. It was simply insane.
At this moment, the Battle Saint King smiled, brightly and mockingly. "With these, I believe killing you all will be quite simple."
Immediately, about one-tenth of the half-zhang-tall divine spirit source enveloping the Dragon Sturgeon was shaved off and merged into Ye Chen's body. His momentum continued to flourish.
Everyone paled. These were first-rate supreme treasures with abundant divine energy. Who would have thought Ye Chen possessed them all? Truly insane.
Facing a Battle Saint King who had only forcibly gathered a breath of vital energy for a momentary full recovery, the overlords, though under great pressure, could at least see a sliver of hope—they could join forces to hold out until he fell from his peak.
But with so much divine energy to replenish him, without a considerable length of time, the Battle Saint King would not weaken at all, and that time would be enough for him to kill them all.
That was utter, complete despair.
Boom—
Ye Chen made his move. At this moment, he once again displayed his peak form, invincible in this starry realm.
With a shake of his fist, a full one hundred and eight divine light dragons soared forth, directly sweeping across the entire starry realm, forcefully blasting the overlords away, causing them to vomit blood.
Ye Chen specifically locked onto the old emperor, his eyes shining brilliantly, capable of piercing through everything. At this moment, Cang Tian Dao marks actually evolved within his pupils, able to penetrate all falsehoods.
Now, flawless golden light shone from within the old emperor's body, illuminating the heavens. The very heavens and earth rumbled as if boundless tribulations were gathering.
"Is the old emperor of Xia Kingdom also a Battle Sacred Body?"
The crowd was shocked, but soon they understood. It was not a Battle Sacred Body at all. Within his body was a priceless treasure. Under the Battle Saint King's gaze, everything was revealed. It was actually—
Nine Tribulations Gold!
Everyone had been discussing who the Nine Tribulations Gold from the auction would fall to. Now, they finally understood.
Ye Chen's eyes immediately blazed with light. He couldn't help but laugh heartily. "So the Nine Tribulations Gold is in your hands. Truly, it comes without any effort at all. Hand it over!"
Boom—
An enormous, vast golden finger descended from the sky, rumbling as it pressed down upon the old emperor of Xia Kingdom. With a deafening crash, it blasted his entire person away. That divine shield could no longer block it; it was directly exploded into countless fragments scattering through the sky, leaving nothing behind.
One strike, shattering a Saint Lord-level Dao weapon.
This scene was too terrifying. However, already aware of the Battle Saint King's peerless fearsomeness, the peerless old emperor dared not linger. He immediately soared into the sky, fleeing like the wind toward the passageway, wanting to leave this starry realm and return to the outside world.
But Ye Chen smiled slightly. "At this point, do you really think you can escape?"
He took a single step. The stars shifted. In an instant, he traversed the vast sky, arriving before the old emperor. With a palm strike carrying the boundless power of heaven and earth, surging and roaring forth, it tore through the sky, blasting the old emperor away.
A terrifying great battle erupted. The old emperor fought desperately, knowing that without using his strongest methods, escape from the Battle Saint King's hands was impossible.
A peerless great battle broke out. The old emperor directly burned the divine power within his body, pushing himself to his limit, erupting at any cost. Using a supreme enhancement secret technique, he instantly grew much stronger, actually able to truly match Ye Chen.
They fought deep into the starry expanse. Their divine power surged so violently they even blasted apart a star, shattering it across the heavens and earth.
The world was shocked. It must be known that only Heavenly Kings could truly shatter stars. Who would have thought these two had reached that level?
However, the old emperor achieved this by burning his potential and lifespan, paying a terrible price for this power, while the Battle Saint King truly possessed that peerless combat strength.
The overlords found it difficult to intervene.
Finally, after several dozen to a hundred exchanges, Ye Chen successively unleashed one supreme divine ability after another: Severing Heaven Finger, Heaven-Shaking Palm, Four Extremities Connecting to Sage Style, Great Dao Treasure Vessel Seal... Attacks rained down, primordial Chaos Qi overflowed. With great effort, he suppressed and killed the old emperor within the starry realm, staining the stars with blood, shocking the mortal world.
The Battle Saint King was invincible!
A generation's old emperor was suppressed and killed. Stronger than a Saint Lord, more vigorous in blood energy than an ancient recluse, standing atop the ninth peak, invincible in the mortal world—who could contend? None could match him.
He had nearly taken that other step, entering the legendary Reincarnation realm, to struggle through the crossing of the mortal world, reincarnate and be reborn.
Once successful, he could transcend Samsara and achieve the supreme Heavenly King realm.
But unfortunately, all this was about to end. The Battle Saint King was too powerful, having recovered his past and present lives, invincible in the world, finding no match beneath the Heavenly King realm.
Even if an Immortal True King came, they would find it difficult to match him.
The Battle Saint King stood overlooking the overlords, like a peerless Great Emperor reincarnated, exuding a peerless, invincible majesty. Taking a great stride forward, he beckoned, and the golden, brilliant Nine Tribulations Gold from within the old emperor's body flew over, landing in his hand.
One could feel the surging, boundless tribulations within the Nine Tribulations Gold, actually giving a sense of resonance with his Saint Body.
Legend said the Battle Sacred Body was a peerless technique created by the supreme Great Emperor of the Battle Saint lineage, referencing the Nine Tribulations Gold.
At this moment, the golden blood energy on Ye Chen's body resonated with the Nine Tribulations Gold, both radiating golden light that illuminated the heavens, boundless and endless, shining upon the ancient Cang Tian.
Countless beings in this starry realm had to bow down. Except for a few like Ye Gucheng and the Primordial Female Saint Lord—Immortal True Kings—everyone else felt as if facing Emperors and Sovereigns, filled with awe.
"Since I've already made a move, I don't mind killing all those who have harmed you."
Ye Chen coldly declared, turning his attacks toward those who had previously harmed the Primordial Female Saint Lord, directly launching a suppression and slaughter.
Although the overlords were powerful, each a ruler of a region, even including true Sacred Land masters and ancient recluses.
But even the powerful old emperor of Xia Kingdom fighting desperately had failed. How could they succeed?
In the starry sky, one blood energy dragon after another dispersed and vanished, quickly fading away. That represented one overlord after another being slain by the Battle Saint King, their blood staining the starry expanse.
Boom—
Though a terrifying great battle raged in the starry sky, the outcome had long been foreseen, destined from the moment the Battle Saint King recovered, irreversible.
"Battle Saint King, dare you kill us? When you leave here and return to the myriad realms, you will face pursuit from all the great immortal forces under heaven!" one overlord roared.
"I'll be waiting."
The Battle Saint King said calmly, then struck out with a Heaven-Shaking Palm. No matter how strong that overlord was, he was blasted into a mist of blood.
In the end, the dozen or so overlords who had previously harmed the Primordial Female Saint Lord were all suppressed and killed, every single one slain by the recovered Battle Saint King alone, leaving none alive, shocking this starry realm.
And if this news spread, it would surely shock the myriad realms.
Not just because of their deaths, but because the fallen Supreme One of the Forbidden Lineage, the Battle Saint King, had returned!