The Battle Sacred Body had completely revived. The saintly blood within it boiled and surged ceaselessly, shaking heaven and earth.
Supreme saintly power roared between his meridians, as if with a mere lift of his hand he could shatter the sky and pulverize the world!
Although his previous True King Divine Body was considered powerful, it was not just a notch below when facing the true Battle Sacred Body.
The Battle Sacred Body being called a Forbidden Battle Body was not just empty talk.
However, all of this was not the strongest Sacred Body Ye Chen envisioned; it was merely a simple revival of the Sacred Body.
What Ye Chen wanted was the most powerful, most perfect Battle Sacred Body.
Suddenly, he looked at the ten clusters of kingly blood, then at the Saint's remains, at the Nine Tribulations Gold, at the Dragon Source, a blazing radiance blooming from his gaze.
"Past life, present life, two Sacred Bodies, merge!"
Ye Chen let out a great roar that shook the starry sky, then abruptly charged towards the Saint's remains, merging with them completely.
Both were his Sacred Bodies, past and present lives, their origins interconnected, indistinguishable from one another, with not the slightest hint of rejection.
The two Sacred Bodies merged completely, from the bones to the flesh and blood, down to every strand of hair—every inch perfectly fused together, becoming one.
At this moment, Ye Chen shuddered. The merging of the two Sacred Bodies caused shackles within his Primordial Spirit and True Spirit to shatter rapidly, the restraints continuously breaking apart.
At this very moment, all the shackles binding his True Spirit completely disintegrated. Scenes of sealed memories accompanied their awakening, and he came to understand many things.
Within this Saint's remains, some Primordial Spirit imprints were actually still hidden, all of which now completely fused into his Primordial Spirit. Between his brows, a vast and resplendent light bloomed.
"I understand now..."
Ye Chen murmured softly. All the various truths were awakening.
He saw a scene: the moment his past self was about to perish, a great hand wreathed in chaotic energy firmly held his burning Sacred Body, extracted his mostly incinerated Primordial Spirit, and protected a sliver of his indestructible True Spirit.
It even extracted part of the saintly blood essence from his body and, along with the remnant Primordial Spirit, tore through layers of void, descending upon a fetus in a new continent—the child of a small city's lord, carried for ten months and about to be born—merging completely with this fetus.
The supremely powerful, majestic, and overbearing saintly blood was sealed away, integrated into the fetus's bloodline, lying dormant.
Everything became clear. Ye Chen's gaze was lucid. In this world, there truly existed no so-called Innate Sacred Body.
His Sacred Body bloodline was merely the saintly blood essence extracted from the Saint's remains by that mysterious figure shrouded in chaotic energy from the River of Time, sealed and lying dormant within the newborn fetus.
Precisely because it was a fetus, the bloodline was completely fused. The supremely powerful Sacred Body bloodline was forced into dormancy, artificially creating an Innate Sacred Body, but in reality, it was not so.
Ye Chen smiled. It was indeed as he suspected. How could a true Innate Sacred Body possibly exist in this world? One needed to cultivate the Battle Saint Art in the mortal realm, step by step, to forge the strongest Forbidden Battle Body.
Although the flesh and blood of the Saint's remains were nearly gone, the most essential part was the sacred bones. After merging, the bones within his body were strengthened to their utmost limit, even harder than saintly weapons.
Moreover, his body continuously shattered, flesh mangled, but it also continuously regenerated.
More powerful saintly blood constantly derived from his bone marrow, repairing his wounded body and continuously strengthening his physique, enhancing it comprehensively.
Every moment, thunderous roars of blood energy echoed within his body. The strong, dazzling saintly blood ceaselessly washed every inch of flesh and blood in his limbs and bones, constantly sublimating and strengthening.
The merging of the two Sacred Bodies was not a transformation that could be completed in a short time. This process was slow, requiring a considerable period to begin reforging the strongest Forbidden Battle Body from scratch.
Moreover, under the guidance of the Battle Saint Art, this transformation was even more astonishing, continuously strengthening and sublimating.
Naturally, the Battle Saint Art was overbearing. During the strengthening process, it was accompanied by soul-rending pain that could make even a Saint collapse.
But Ye Chen was no ordinary person. Having lived two lives and being a Battle Saint, the firmness of his will could be said to be unsurpassed by few in the world. He endured this pain through sheer force.
Furthermore, he sensed something unusual within his body. He merely smiled and softly uttered, "Ten Thousand Daos, appear!"
Boom—
From the merged Sacred Body, one after another great Dao divine marks flew out, interweaving and standing tall in the void around him. There were as many as ten thousand, each one different, as if representing the myriad Daos of all heavens.
Above his head, there was an even more precious Dao mark, bearing the supreme, lofty aura of Cang Tian—the Cang Tian Dao mark, representing the Heavenly Dao.
These were the Ten Thousand Dao divine marks merged with his past life's Sacred Body. They were Dao marks from countless fallen Deity Transformation powerhouses in a battlefield forbidden zone, all absorbed into his own body and completely fused with the Sacred Body. Now, they were all manifesting.
Who would have thought that these myriad Dao marks had not dissipated, always contained within his body, constituting his most precious treasure.
In his past life, the reason he was able to break through to the Tenth Heaven was precisely because these myriad Dao marks merged, briefly condensing into the Tenth Heaven.
In this life, he had pondered a hundred methods without finding the entrance. Never did he imagine that now, he would obtain it without any effort.
At this moment, one divine halo after another manifested on the surface of his body: the first, the second, the third... the ninth.
Finally, the tenth divine halo manifested. Although it appeared dim and dark, at this moment, the myriad Dao marks that had manifested merged together like lightning, rushing into the tenth divine halo.
At this moment, the tenth divine halo was no longer dim but brilliant and radiant, shining with dazzling light.
Boom—
Simultaneously, at this very moment, at the highest point of the heavens above the myriad realms, a terrifying thunderclap suddenly exploded, startling the entire myriad realms. All living beings, including those ancient giants in seclusion, could not help but look up at the heavens, shock appearing on their faces.
Without a doubt, something that would affect all heavens throughout the ages had occurred.
On the divine throne at Heavenly Gate's Du Peak, the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord also raised his eyes to look at the heavens, a faint smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
Has it finally begun to break through?
But all of this was irrelevant to Ye Chen now.
Because at this moment, with the manifestation of the Ten Heavens, each heaven seemed to connect to a mysterious realm. Ethereal immortal radiance flowed within, submerging his own body, continuously resonating strangely with the Battle Sacred Body.
Then, he looked at the ten streams of kingly blood, then at the dragon sturgeon enveloped within the half-zhang-tall divine spiritual source, and softly let out a breath.
Because the true secluded cultivation, the true path to supreme invincibility, was only now truly beginning...