Just as Ye Chen began his secluded cultivation, and while everyone within the Heavenly Gate was still reeling from the news of the Battle Saint King's revival, immense waves were already surging across the myriad realms.
It was because of the Purple Mansion Sacred Land, because of the ancient path, and even more so because of the Immortal Heavenly Pass.
The waves had long begun to swell magnificently!
Ever since the various major forces gathered in the Heavenly Saint City to attack the Purple Mansion Sacred Land, it had already shaken the myriad realms and drawn the attention of the world.
The Purple Mansion Sacred Land, that vast and supreme sacred land, vanished overnight over a hundred thousand years ago. The legacy and priceless divine treasures it left behind would make even Emperors and Sovereign clans covetous. How could the various Great Domains not pay close attention to all of this?
The ancient stone stele recording the path to a new world, the legendary ancient path, the many sacred lands of the ancient era that disappeared...
All of these were filled with shock, leaving the people of the myriad realms utterly astounded.
No one expected that the attack on the Purple Mansion Sacred Land would involve so many secrets.
Naturally, what was most shocking was the Heavenly Pass.
This was the most earth-shattering topic.
Because every time the Heavenly Pass appeared, it was accompanied by endless bloodshed and carnage, filled with disaster and countless casualties, a subject that made people pale at the mere mention.
This time, it had descended as well.
But this time, a shocking term was mentioned—the Primordial Immortal Realm!
That was a legendary, mysterious Great World. Legend said that after the Great Cataclysm of the Mythical Era, the reason why the Emperors and Sovereigns disappeared from this world was because they all went to that mysterious Great World.
According to the information left on the stele, crossing the ancient path and traversing the ancient pass would lead to the new world.
The so-called Heavenly Pass was the ancient pass referred to on the stele.
The Purple Mansion Great Power of the past had also researched and suspected that the new world beyond the Heavenly Pass pointed to the legendary Primordial Immortal Realm.
Over a hundred thousand years ago, the reason the Purple Mansion Sacred Land vanished overnight was not for any other reason, but because the entire sect marched into the ancient path, intending to conquer the Heavenly Pass and enter the Primordial Immortal Realm.
Unfortunately, the Purple Mansion Sacred Land failed to conquer it. Instead, they were tainted by a curse, remained on the ancient path, and spent over a hundred thousand years resisting the invasion of the alien race until the arrival of the alliance army.
In this era, to witness the Primordial Immortal Realm and pay homage to the Mythical Emperors and Sovereigns, a full nine ancient Great Sages from across the myriad realms were stirred into action. They entered the ancient path at all costs and, together with a remnant soul left behind by the Purple Mansion Great Power from the past, jointly attacked the Heavenly Pass, launching a world-shaking assault.
Naturally, one could imagine how invincible the assault of ten ancient Great Sages would be. They were enough to kill gods who blocked their way and slay buddhas who stood in their path. Who could possibly stop them? They forcefully blasted open the Heavenly Pass, revealing before the world a brilliant, boundless, and blazing passageway. They even sent the alliance army inside to compete for the immortal opportunities within.
But in the end, they provoked a terrifying, great evil. Finally, the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord, a newly risen and formidable Great Power, appeared, bringing with him an edict from the Myriad Domains Human Emperor. Only then was the Heavenly Pass finally sealed, blocking the demonic evil.
Because the Purple Mansion Great Power revived and lifted the curse on all descendants of the Purple Mansion Sacred Land, the Purple Mansion Sacred Land reappeared in the mortal world, presiding over the rise and fall of a Great Domain.
Naturally, having lost its ancient Great Power, the Purple Mansion Sacred Land could no longer be considered a supreme sacred land. However, because it possessed the Immortal Ancient Artifact, the Purple Mansion Dao Tower, it still ranked among the contemporary immortal sacred lands.
Originally, the revival of the Purple Mansion Sacred Land would have been a topic that shook the myriad realms, but it paled in comparison. Because of the Primordial Immortal Realm, and even more so because another major event that shook the myriad realms was announced—
The Battle Saint King had revived!
Once this news spread, it immediately caused an unprecedented uproar, even rivaling the event of the ten ancient Great Sages assaulting the Immortal Heavenly Pass.
Who was the Battle Saint King?
In the past, he was a Heaven's Pride who ascended from the lower realm, the inheritor of the Forbidden Lineage, and also the first peerless Supreme One since the Mythical Era to break the shackles of the Nine Heavens and step into the Tenth Heaven. He was overwhelmingly powerful, a supreme and invincible Heaven's Pride, a peerless genius who could make even Immortal True Kings pale in comparison.
But hadn't the Battle Saint King died? Clearly, under the watchful eyes of the masses, he was sacrificed by seven ancient Great Sages, his body perished and his Dao extinguished, his stars utterly annihilated.
Yet now, he appeared alive in the starry land beyond the Heavenly Pass, displaying peerless divine might. With his own power, he slew over a dozen overlords in succession, thoroughly shaking the myriad realms.
The world could scarcely believe it, but dozens of overlords had entered the starry expanse, among them genuine sacred land masters, the Patriarch of the Emperor Clan Ye Family, Divine Generals of the Ancient Heavenly Court, the Palace Lord of the Yaochi Sacred Land, and others. Even the ten ancient Great Sages witnessed it with their own eyes.
"How is this possible? We clearly saw the Battle Saint King perish with our own eyes. Why is he appearing in the world now? This cannot be happening."
Many found it unbelievable. A man who had clearly died had now defied the heavens and returned.
It was utterly shocking.
And what was even more shocking was that after the Battle Saint King revived, Great Powers like the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord, the Academy Master of the Myriad Realms Academy, the Tai Chu Ancestor, the Flame God Venerable One, and the Sacred Feather Venerable One stepped forward, one after another, to protect him.
This indicated that from now on, the Battle Saint King could roam unhindered across the myriad realms. With so many ancient Great Sages, including those from Emperor and Sovereign clans, who would dare to target the Battle Saint King?
Even those major forces who had lost overlords remained silent at this moment.
The protection of a single ancient Great Power was already invincible, let alone the protection of five ancient Great Sages. Who would dare to stand in his way? It would be nothing short of suicidal.
The myriad realms had long been in an uproar because of the Battle Saint King's revival, making it the most eye-catching topic in the current world, on par with the Heavenly Pass!
At the same time, within a mysterious void realm, incomparably violent spatial turbulence was seething. Even an ordinary Transformation God expert entering would be reduced to ashes in an instant. It was a place of spatial fury.
Yet, at this very moment, a mysterious figure sat cross-legged in the midst of the spatial turbulence. His figure was illusory and hazy, seeming both real and unreal, as if he were the embodiment of emptiness itself.
He remained motionless, as if he had existed since time immemorial. When the endless spatial turbulence crashed against his body, it simply passed right through, as if this person was himself an illusory and unreal entity.
At this moment, he suddenly opened his tightly shut eyes. As they opened and closed, tangible beams of light shot out from his gaze, extending for hundreds of zhang, containing an unprecedented, terrifying aura of the Great Dao. The entire spatial turbulence realm trembled.
After retracting his gaze, this mysterious person smiled and said softly, "I never expected the Battle Saint King to still be alive. Perhaps, like us, he is attempting the Supreme Law. However, he might have experienced death to its extreme, which gave birth to life, allowing him to be reborn. In the future, after merging his two lives, I hope I, Xu Tian, can have a battle with him."
If anyone were present to hear this mysterious person's words, they would be extremely astonished. For this person was none other than the Immortal True King of a past generation, the Phantom God King—a terrifyingly formidable Heaven's Pride of all ages who was stepping into the cycle of reincarnation to attempt the legendary Supreme Law.
Clearly, having reincarnated and been reborn, he had awakened his past life memories and was cultivating anew, having already reached an extraordinary realm of cultivation.
The Angel Race, even when viewed across the myriad realms, was one of the most powerful immortal forces, a truly supreme Emperor Clan that had given birth to a genuine Supreme Emperor during the Mythical Era.
The Angel Race possessed the most magnificent Sky City in the world, where almost all Angel clansmen lived.
Within the solemn and sacred royal clan temple, a tall and straight young figure slowly emerged. He was incomparably handsome, a flawless young man whose beauty bordered on the demonic.
He had long, golden, and noble hair. The wings on his back were tinged with a faint layer of golden light—the true mark of the royal lineage of the Great Emperor's bloodline, supreme and peerless.
Other Angel clansmen, whether the most ordinary half-god Angels or six-winged Angel Saints, would all bow respectfully and make solemn salutes upon seeing this person.
He was the Immortal True King of this generation of the Angel Race, Noxius, a Heaven's Pride of the Angel Race with awakened ancestral bloodline.
Noxius's gaze looked into the distance, his eyes profound and deep as he murmured a name—
Battle Saint King!
In the Ethereal Domain, atop a uniquely majestic and magnificent divine peak, a figure clad in snow-white robes stood tall. He possessed a jade-like elegance, his skin glowing with holy light, as if he were a Child of Light.
Before him, ten sacred halos actually appeared, though the tenth was slightly dimmer, not as dazzling and eye-catching as the others.
This Child of Light gazed at the distant horizon, revealing a sunny smile as he whispered to himself, "The Battle Saint King is indeed extraordinary, truly surviving. This must be giving many people headaches. The Ancient Demon God? Phoenix Dance? The Undying Young Master? Heh, although in the future struggle for the Human Emperor's position, we will likely all have to face him in battle..."
With a whoosh, this mysterious Child of Light vanished from his spot.
In another region, volcanoes were scattered everywhere. Magma erupted, smoke and clouds soared to cover the sky—a death zone where not a blade of grass grew. A hundred thousand volcanoes surged simultaneously, shaking heaven and earth.
Yet, within the blazing magma, a mysterious figure sat cross-legged in the most scorching lava. His entire body glowed with endless crimson radiance, as if containing dazzling suns.
He opened his eyes, and two golden crows actually took form and appeared. Only after a long while did he slowly exhale a breath of hot air, carrying blazing flames.
"The Battle Saint King truly isn't dead after all. Things will be much more interesting from now on..."
The news of the Battle Saint King's revival shocked the myriad realms. There were potential enemies, one after another, some smiling, some filled with hostility, some intrigued... all sorts of reactions, each different.
But it was clear that the revival of the Battle Saint King, who had perished decades ago, had quietly stirred up a potential, immense wave across the myriad realms.
Just as the great era of the world was surging with magnificent waves, Ye Chen had already entered the secluded cultivation ground of the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord and begun his closed-door cultivation, striving with all his might to revive his Saint Body.
The secluded cultivation ground was profoundly marvelous. It appeared to be just a chamber, but inside, it contained a realm of starry skies, as if leading to the outer starry expanse. Countless stars dotted the space, radiating vast stellar brilliance.
Ye Chen walked straight inside, directly sat down cross-legged, and opened his mouth to spit out a cauldron. Various medicinal materials appeared, each one radiant and colorful—herbs collected by the Vast Heaven Great Sage in the Demonic Beast Mountain Range in the past.
The final two types had naturally been found by him in the later years as well. They were all ingredients for refining the "Soul-Summoning Pill."
At this moment, whether in terms of cultivation base or soul power, he was far superior to before, fully capable of refining pills at will.
Opening the cauldron, he spat out a stream of dazzling golden Dao Fire, which entered the cauldron and began burning fiercely.
Then, following the pill formula etched in his memory, he continuously threw one precious spiritual herb or heavenly treasure after another into the pill furnace, repeatedly burning, refining, and liquefying them in an endless cycle.
After a full half-day had passed, the cauldron lid flew open. A brilliant beam of light shot up, and what finally landed in his hand was a glossy, shimmering divine pill, exuding a misty medicinal fragrance.
The Soul-Summoning Pill was successfully refined.
Immediately, he silently meditated for a full day and night, completely adjusting his condition to its peak state.
The moment he opened his eyes, tangible beams of light suddenly burst forth, piercing through the air with a metallic clang.
His figure trembled, and the withered Saint Skeleton from his past life immediately separated from his body, landing before him, sitting directly opposite him.
Then, he opened his dantian space. One cluster of dazzling blood after another appeared—a full eight clusters in total. These were the King's Treasure Blood he had collected in the past, the true essence blood of Kings, including heart's blood. They shimmered brilliantly, full of vitality, appearing extraordinary, like eight small crimson suns.
There were also the corpses of two alien royal clans, or more accurately, only half of each.
Additionally, Nine Tribulations Gold appeared, and the Dragon Sturgeon wrapped in divine spiritual source also appeared. Everything was assembled.
Ye Chen spat out two streams of dazzling, crystalline Dao Fire. They burned fiercely, incinerating the two alien royal clan corpses. Finally, after refining away the impurities, he extracted two clusters of pitch-black true blood shimmering with demonic light—the blood of the alien royal clans. Although not as large as the eight clusters of King's Blood, being only about half their size, they were the blood of Transformation God realm royal clans, making them even more precious.
When all these preparations were complete, Ye Chen slowly let out a breath.
"Good. After preparing for so many years, it's finally time."
He reached out and grabbed the Soul-Summoning Pill, swallowing it directly. It transformed into torrents of terrifying medicinal power, roaring and surging through his limbs and bones, thoroughly drawing out the innate Saint Body bloodline that had lain dormant within his body for many years.
"Battle Saint Art!"
At this moment, Ye Chen began circulating the supreme scripture of the Battle Saint lineage—the Battle Saint Art!
The most profound, mysterious, and domineering scripture essence was set in motion.
Boom—
It was as if the deepest shackles of the Great Dao within his body had been unlocked. At this very moment, it felt as if the most terrifying primordial ferocious beast, slumbering since time immemorial within him, was beginning to awaken. In an instant, the most terrifying power came roaring forth.