Chapter 105: Even More Difficult

Zhou Yi swung his fist, shattering the void, and simultaneously employed the Nine Secrets technique, instantly unleashing astonishing combat power.

He traversed the sky with sweeping maneuvers, each punch poured all his strength into the azure dragon's body, shattering its scales and spraying blood, looking extremely vivid.

The giant dragon roared in pain, attempting to flee to the Nine Heavens, as if it had developed a fear of Zhou Yi.

Soon, the dragon turned around and charged back, while the other eight dragons simultaneously closed in on Zhou Yi, engaging him in a fierce battle.

Zhou Yi's expression was solemn; each strike bore blood—not only the dragon's but also his own, and even white bone could be seen on his fists.

Nevertheless, he paid it no mind, for the holder's secret allowed such minor wounds to heal in an instant, making them utterly trivial to him.

The nine dragons encircled Zhou Yi, and the combat between them was extraordinarily intense; even as powerful as Zhou Yi, he could not claim an easy victory.

Suddenly, drawing on the holder's secret power, Zhou Yi's strength surged tenfold in an instant, and a single heavy punch could make heaven and earth change color.

Immediately after, Zhou Yi employed the Lin secret to enter a divine restriction state, unleashing an unprecedented powerful strike that suppressed all nine dragons at once.

Roar! With a dragon's howl that echoed through the clouds, a larger dragon emerged in the churning Thunder Sea, its mouth spewing light as boundless as a galaxy.

This dragon was larger and stronger than the previous ones; it had already attained the realm of the Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Another brutal clash unfolded, and relying on the power of the Nine Secrets, Zhou Yi ultimately shattered the massive body of this dragon.

Although the dragon was destroyed, the heavenly tribulation had not ended.

Amid the trembling Thunder Sea, nine massive fire phoenixes lunged at Zhou Yi. With the Nine Secrets, Zhou Yi grew stronger with each strike, his fierce fighting spirit soaring to the clouds, completely annihilating the nine fire phoenixes.

Then a larger fire phoenix appeared, its appearance identical to the legendary phoenix progenitor Yuan Feng.

After a hard-fought victory, nine qilins emerged again in the Thunder Sea, including a gigantic qilin that closely resembled the legendary primordial qilin.

"Could it be that I just endured the Dragon‑Han Great Calamity?" Zhou Yi muttered softly.

In the Vast Wilderness World, long ago, the three races of dragons, phoenixes, and qilins once ruled the heavens and earth.

If I'm not mistaken, what Zhou Yi just encountered were the imprints left by the strongest beings of those three races.

In this brutal battle, Zhou Yi was wounded many times, yet thanks to the Nine Secrets, these challenges posed no real threat to him.

After surviving the three great calamities of dragon, phoenix, and qilin, a massive golden bell surged out of the Thunder Sea, bearing down on Zhou Yi.

"Is this the mark of the Chaos Bell?" Zhou Yi thought to himself.

This golden bell contained immeasurable power, capable of shaking space and time, and possessed an extremely sturdy defense, making it difficult for Zhou Yi to inflict damage upon it at once.

Then the Thunder Sea pressed down on Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi had no time to think further; the imprints left by the three great innate treasures manifested under the heavenly tribulation and pressed upon him.

The battle was extraordinarily fierce; Zhou Yi's body was shattered many times, yet his strong will repeatedly reconstituted his flesh.

After an incalculable span of time, Zhou Yi finally found a breakthrough at his limit, launching a powerful attack that fused the "Jie" secret technique, successfully crushing the seals of those three innate treasures.

As the heavenly tribulation gradually faded, Zhou Yi formally entered the Quasi‑Emperor realm.

"I never expected this cultivation to take two hundred years." From the first tier of the Immortal Platform to the first tier of the Quasi‑Emperor, Zhou Yi spent exactly two hundred years.

Although this span is not long for the Vast Wilderness World—indeed, it is quite short—since within such a period one usually cannot reach the realm of the Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Of course, this does not include those innate divine beings born with great power, such as the Three Pure Ones and the like.

Zhou Yi was originally just an ordinary innate human, yet within a little over five hundred years he attained the level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal, a feat that astonished many.

All of this owed to the mighty power of the Zhetian Imperial Method; otherwise Zhou Yi could not have made such tremendous progress in two hundred years.

After reaching the Quasi‑Emperor realm, Zhou Yi did not choose to exit the sect, but decided to continue cultivating.

His body had entered the Quasi‑Emperor stage, meaning Zhou Yi could further perfect the ancient Saint Body until its Great Completion.

Once the Saint Body reaches Great Completion, even with only Quasi‑Emperor strength, Zhou Yi is confident he can contend with Great Emperor‑level warriors, i. e., the Quasi‑Saint tier of the Vast Wilderness World.

To achieve Saint Body Great Completion, he must, according to a unique secret method, re‑cultivate each secret realm until perfection, attaining ultimate transcendence and an alternative path to Dao.

Fortunately, regarding the cultivation method for the Great Completion Saint Body, the system has already bestowed it upon Zhou Yi.

Therefore, in the process of re‑cultivating the five great secret realms, Zhou Yi encountered no obstacles.

As the years turned and another century passed, Zhou Yi's cultivation steadily rose to the ninth tier of the Quasi‑Emperor heavens.

At the same time, he successfully re‑cultivated all five great secret realms to a state of perfection.

The golden blood within Zhou Yi's body turned back to red, and each movement was filled with astonishing power.

"The Saint Body has finally reached Great Completion; now my flesh should be comparable to the ancestral Wu, right?" Zhou Yi thought to himself.

At this point, his flesh was nearing immortality, and even facing the supreme imperial soldiers bare‑handed was no issue.

In the Vast Wilderness World, the Wu Clan is famed for its powerful flesh, yet Zhou Yi was confident his own flesh would not be inferior to the ancestral Wu.

As for who is truly stronger, that still requires verification through actual combat.

If nothing unexpected occurs, Zhou Yi will have many opportunities in the future to prove himself.

"Why hasn't the heavenly tribulation arrived?" Zhou Yi muttered softly.

In his previous breakthroughs, Zhou Yi had all undergone the heavenly tribulation test.

This was not only a severe challenge for him but also a refinement that allowed further advancement.

This time, Zhou Yi reached the Saint Body Great Completion realm, a breakthrough that made him expect another heavenly tribulation.

However, the Vast Wilderness World is ultimately different from the world of Zhetian, and after Zhou Yi's Saint Body Great Completion, the anticipated heavenly tribulation did not appear.

Nevertheless, Zhou Yi knew in his heart that once he entered the Great Emperor Domain, the heavenly tribulation would inevitably descend again.

Especially the tribulation faced upon entering the Great Emperor Domain, if nothing unexpected occurs, will be an unprecedented peerless heavenly tribulation, its colossal power likely beyond imagination.

At present, for Zhou Yi to reach the Great Emperor Domain, he still needs more experience and accumulation, and his own cultivation is not yet fully ready.

Moreover, for those possessing a Saint Body, stepping into the Great Emperor Domain is inherently more difficult than for ordinary people.

Of course, once successful, the combat power would far surpass that of an ordinary Great Emperor, and calling it a Heavenly Emperor would not be excessive.

Zhou Yi was not in a hurry, for the Wu‑Zombie Great Calamity was still some time away, giving him ample time to prepare.

After exiting the sect, Sui Huang, You Chao, and Cang Wen immediately came to pay their respects to Zhou Yi.