Ye Chen awoke, the deepest hidden memories in his mind stirring to life. He knew who he was, and he understood the cause and effect of everything.
"The Ancient Divine Palace!"
Ye Chen clenched his fists, the surrounding void trembling and cracking, unable to withstand his force as it collapsed.
He finally remembered. Back then, he had been framed by the Heavenly King Xuan Elders of the Ancient Divine Palace, locked within the Great Hero Hall and jointly pursued by the Four Heavenly Kings. Although he ultimately escaped, he was forced by the Four Heavenly King Xuan Elders to have the nine Heavenly Kings of the Imperial Dynasty take action. A great pursuit spanning hundreds of thousands of miles across the Primordial Region ensued overnight, nearly costing him his life. He had employed almost every means at his disposal, and his body had been shattered several times.
Even in the end, when he used the Void God Platform to flee into a spatial tunnel, he was still discovered. The various Heavenly Kings attacked, and that most mysterious and terrifying Great Power-level ancient ship unleashed its strongest blow.
Even with the Human Sovereign Pagoda fully activated, even with the Primordial Battle Body blocking the way, even with the Great Power-level physique of his Battle Sacred Body, he was utterly pulverized within that spatial tunnel. Faith Power could not protect him; even the primordial Chaos Qi exploded.
He truly almost died, not even having time to summon a Great Power's phantom.
The twelve Heavenly King lights and their Heavenly King killing intent, along with the ultimate strike from the Great Power-level ancient ship, nearly completely annihilated all his vitality.
In the end, only a small portion of his indestructible divine sense remained. A mysterious Moon Mark appeared, shedding a mysterious radiance that protected a part of his Primordial Spirit from perishing. Otherwise, he would have certainly perished, its Dao extinguished.
The Ancient Divine Palace!
Ye Chen's eyes were filled with boundless killing intent, capable of shattering heaven and earth.
He didn't harbor much hatred towards the nine Heavenly Kings. After all, they were forced into it, and during the battle, they hadn't gone all out, holding back several times. Otherwise, his situation would have been many times more difficult.
Moreover, the true culprits were the Ancient Divine Palace; they were the ones who orchestrated everything.
However, he hadn't died, and the Ancient Divine Palace had paid a bloody price—at the very least, the Third Heavenly King Xuan Elder had been slain by him!
And with Ye Chen's temperament, he was no gentleman. For him, such a vendetta for his life—if he didn't seek revenge one day, it would be unworthy of the forceful, domineering lineage of the Battle Saint.
Ye Chen suppressed the killing intent in his heart. The most important thing now was to recover his body.
His physical condition was terrible.
The result Ye Chen obtained upon sensing his own body made him frown deeply.
Although he hadn't perished, its Dao extinguished in that battle, the twelve Heavenly King lights contained the most terrifying Heavenly King killing aura. No one below the Heavenly King realm could withstand even one, let alone twelve. They could even shatter the form and spirit of a Heavenly King with their killing intent.
Fortunately, Ye Chen's treasure body and Primordial Spirit were sufficiently powerful, and he was in the Extreme Sublimation state of the Chaos Secret Technique, making him stronger than an ordinary Heavenly King. Furthermore, the primordial Chaos Qi blocked part of the Heavenly King lights and killing intent, and the Human Sovereign Pagoda and Primordial Battle Body provided layer upon layer of obstruction. They could severely injure him, but they couldn't kill him.
The most terrifying aspect was actually the strongest strike from that Great Power-level ancient ship. It contained threads of ancient Great Power-level might, breaking through the primordial Chaos Qi defense of the Human Sovereign Pagoda, shattering him to pieces, and extinguining ninety-nine percent of his vitality, leaving only a clump of flesh that hadn't been stripped of life.
It was also the peerlessness of the Saint Body Regeneration Art that allowed him to regenerate from just a clump of flesh.
But the consequences were severe. He consumed most of his origin force to successfully reconstruct his body. Lingering effects remained: Heavenly King realm Dao marks lurked within his body, along with killing intent and the destructive power of the Great Power-level ancient ship, similarly locked within him, not completely dispersed, shackling his Dao power.
Therefore, his body was in a terrible state, far from its peak condition. Moreover, the Heavenly King Dao marks, killing intent, and ancient ship's destructive power within him could flare up at any moment, causing him to nearly collapse several times, covered in blood. He couldn't even use the power of laws to suppress them, and his Primordial Spirit appeared very weak.
In short, the current Ye Chen was like a cultivation cripple, unable to wield the power of the Great Dao laws. He only had a seemingly intact but internally ravaged fleshly shell, far from comparable to his peak state.
Fortunately, within his body, there was still the Dragon Origin, the origin force of a True Dragon. It continuously generated threads of dragon blood, flowing throughout his body, allowing his strength to gradually recover over time.
The power of Chaos Blood and Nine Tribulations Gold were suppressing those Heavenly King Dao marks and killing intent. It was precisely because of this that Ye Chen was now, for the most part, unharmed.
Soon, Ye Chen had lived in the barbarian tribe's village for three months. During these three months, he became familiar with the numerous barbarian tribesmen in the village and even grew close with the younger generation.
The younger generation of barbarians would respectfully address him as 'Lord' in front of others, but in many situations where elders were absent, they directly called him by his name.
This was at Ye Chen's request.
However, he didn't deliberately revert to his old name, still letting the barbarians call him 'Qian,' his name from his previous life.
During these three months, Ye Chen constantly thought about recovering from his injuries and breaking the law shackles to restore the might of the Great Dao.
Indeed, he was, after all, the most powerful Battle Sacred Body. With the indestructibility of the Saint Body Regeneration Art and the assistance of hidden great powers like Chaos Blood, Dragon Origin, and Nine Tribulations Gold, his body recovered rapidly, gradually becoming strong and robust again. Lifting mountains and throwing peaks became effortless.
Even later, his invincible Saint Body power would completely reappear.
But his Great Dao power remained shackled, unable to wield overly powerful law forces.
This left Ye Chen somewhat helpless.
With his insight, he could naturally see that to break the law shackles, he needed sufficiently powerful strength.
These law shackles were constructed from Heavenly King-level Dao mark laws and killing intent. Therefore, unless Ye Chen reached the Heavenly King realm or his power reached the Heavenly King level, it would be difficult to break them.
Ye Chen had no choice but to contemplate other methods.
During this period, precisely because of this, he constantly went into seclusion to meditate, recalling various dao techniques and formulas from his past and present lives, hoping to find a corresponding method.
He found it very difficult. Perhaps Faith Power could work, but now even the Faith Power he brought had been completely consumed in that battle. Unless he returned to the Gu Lan Great World, to the divine altar of the Gu Lan Holy Church, could he obtain stronger Faith Power.
But if he could return to the Gu Lan World, he wouldn't need Faith Power; the world's might alone would be enough to break the Heavenly King Dao mark law shackles within him.
Unfortunately, now that he had lost his Great Dao power, he couldn't even communicate with the world force of the Gu Lan Great World, plunging him into an unprecedented predicament.