Chapter 171: Myriad Spirits Tribulation

"You go, you should be able to breakthrough to Quasi-Emperor."

Hun Yan said to Ye Chen, and after he finished speaking, Ye Chen acted immediately.

Lu Chunhua, upon hearing Hun Yan's words, was shocked, and according to Hun Yan, Ye Chen's cultivation advancement seemed as easy as drinking water!

"Is this the difference between humans and donkeys?"

Chunhua wanted to cry, but couldn't shed a tear...

Ye Chen and Hun Yan were unaware of Lu Chunhua's emotions; they had already arrived before the Quasi-Emperor, who had by then given up struggling, removed all defenses, and waited silently for Ye Chen's attack.

He had employed every method, forced himself to self‑destruct, yet it was of no use, so he no longer wished to struggle.

Soon, Ye Chen successfully beheaded that Quasi-Emperor, and in his hand appeared another light sphere condensed from the Quasi-Emperor's cultivation.

"Absorb it; Lu Chunhua and I will guard you."

"Alright."

Ye Chen finished speaking and immediately began absorbing it.

The tearless Lu Chunhua also joined the guardianship.

Ye Chen absorbed slowly, and his cultivation grew in tandem.

"Hey, do you know when Xue Teng and Shangguan Yuntian will appear?"

While Ye Chen was fully absorbing the Quasi-Emperor's cultivation, Lu Chunhua suddenly asked Hun Yan.

"I don't know."

"Weren't you also born in Chaos? Can't you sense the irregularities within Chaos?"

"You may understand it as Xue Teng's innate divine ability; although I was born within Chaos, my strength has not fully recovered, and his ancestors birthed supreme power protected by natural heavenly mechanisms, so I cannot know."

Hun Yan finished, and Lu Chunhua nodded as if half‑understood.

And just as Hun Yan and Lu Chunhua were talking, a powerful aura suddenly emanated from Ye Chen—it was... the Quasi-Emperor's aura!

But it was stronger and far more unfathomably mysterious than a normal Quasi-Emperor's aura!

"This guy's cultivation really is like drinking water!"

Lu Chunhua said, her tone full of envy.

"If you knew his experiences, you wouldn't be envious."

"Why?"

Lu Chunhua asked, puzzled.

"Almost every time it was nine deaths to one life."

Hun Yan finished, and Lu Chunhua immediately said they no longer envied him; they were terrified of death and pain, and if every time was nine deaths to one life, they couldn't imagine how painful it would be.

At that moment, Ye Chen's Heavenly Tribulation had already condensed.

And at that instant, Ye Chen suddenly opened his eyes, unleashing boundless divine light, with radiant halos constantly surrounding him as if illuminating the heavens!

Boom—

The Heavenly Tribulation fully solidified!

But this time, it was not a Thunder Tribulation nor the Great Dao Thunder, but... a living being!

Lu Chunhua, seeing Ye Chen's Heavenly Tribulation, was shocked, exclaiming, "No, this, this, how could this be!"

Hun Yan also furrowed his brows, as if recalling what kind of Tribulation this was.

"Brother Hun Yan, what kind of Tribulation is this!? Unseen and unheard!"

"It is... Myriad Spirits Tribulation, the ten‑deaths‑no‑life Tribulation."

"What!!!"

Lu Chunhua was so shocked that a donkey‑like bray came out of her words; no one understood the meaning of 'ten deaths no life' better than she did.

"This, this, this, isn't it over!"

Lu Chunhua screamed, while Hun Yan remained silent, his face solemn as he stared at Ye Chen, uncertain whether Ye Chen could pass through.

The Myriad Spirits Tribulation, as the name suggests, involves battling myriad spirits—not ordinary ones, but those that have left marks in the Dao of Heaven.

Every spirit that has left a trace in the Dao of Heaven is a dragon or phoenix among mortals, a top‑tier elite, and some have even reached unprecedented heights on their own paths.

Ye Chen did not know these things; he stared at his own Tribulation, and at that moment Hun Yan's voice echoed in his mind, "Be careful."

Hun Yan's tone was full of seriousness.

Ye Chen was startled; previously, although Hun Yan had been concerned during earlier Tribulations, he had never spoken to him in such a solemn tone—it was Hun Yan's first time.

Nevertheless, Ye Chen gave no reply and leapt, soaring toward his Tribulation.

At that moment, within the Tribulation, the first living being appeared—a creature enveloped entirely in a misty aura.

The instant the being manifested, Lu Chunhua's body couldn't help but tremble.

"I, I feel that little Ye Chen can't survive."

Lu Chunhua's voice trembled as she spoke.

Hun Yan remained silent; though he didn't know who the being was, its body was covered in misty divine light, and he knew it was no simple character.

At least it had once possessed a remarkably glorious history.

Now Ye Chen stared at the mist‑cloaked being before him without speaking, while Nine Heavens Chaos Mystic Thunder crackled around him.

"Watch me shatter your misty divine light!"

Ye Chen roared and struck the being.

Both possessed Quasi-Emperor cultivation; each collision made this corner of the starry sky tremble, and it wasn't over— even Hundun Kongjian cracked under their blows.

Boom—

Boom— A massive surge of energy burst outward; Ye Chen was flung backward tens of thousands of li, and the being fared no better, its misty divine light nearly exhausted, as if it could extinguish at any moment.

Ye Chen again unleashed Nine Heavens Chaos Mystic Thunder, bearing an unmatched aura, and struck at the creature.

Bang—

Xingkong trembled.

A massive blaze radiated outward from them.

Slowly, the flames faded, and Ye Chen's figure appeared at the explosion's core; he gasped heavily, a bit disheveled, but still alright.

At that moment, a second creature emerged—a being made entirely of thunder. This time, its aura was even stronger!

Ye Chen said nothing and summoned the Taiji Creation Diagram.

"Come!"

Ye Chen roared; the Wuji Creation Diagram enveloped Xingkong, concealing heavenly secrets, and even Hun Yan could not discern their battle at this moment.

Meanwhile, Lu Chunhua beside them started babbling again.

"Little Ye, nothing will happen, right? I feel the second creature that appeared could kill me with a single slap."

"If you remove the feeling, it can still kill you with a single slap."

Hun Yan replied, and his words made Lu Chunhua realize Ye Chen's terror for the first time; the people he fought in his Heavenly Tribulation were all this terrifying!

"He can win…"

Before Lu Chunhua could finish speaking, the Taiji Creation Diagram slowly dissipated, and Ye Chen, standing within Xingkong, appeared before them.

At this moment, his whole body was wounded, and his aura grew feeble.

Fortunately, the Taiji Creation Diagram continuously repaired his injuries.

Ye Chen stubbornly lifted his head, looked toward his Heavenly Tribulation, and shouted, "Again! Come!"

Boom—

This time, a massive explosion rang out first, and only then did the third creature slowly appear; when it did, even Hun Yan's gaze trembled.

"Chaos Whale!"

Hearing Hun Yan's words, Lu Chunhua's donkey body shivered, "It's over, it's over—each one more terrifying than the last. Little Ye, we can't endure this; we'd rather just die…"

Bang—

Lu Chunhua was punched by Hun Yan and sent flying; her donkey body flipped within Xingkong, and in the blink of an eye, she was hurled tens of thousands of miles away.