Chapter 173

He is the world's darling, so he can perceive even the slightest changes in the Heavenly Dao, let alone such a huge change as the mournful cry.

He knows this phenomenon is caused by Ye Chen; while he is shocked and confused, he also feels great delight.

Because he knows Ye Chen will not die inside.

"Truly, time and again you bring me boundless delight!"

Hunyan's tone is full of excitement.

At this moment, Lu Chunhua also returned to Hunyan's side.

Then, it hadn't even spoken a word before Hunyan punched it flying away.

Lu Chunhua: "??"

"I haven't even said anything yet!"

The donkey's bray accompanied his voice, growing ever more distant.

And just then, the void suddenly stirred; a figure slowly appeared before Hunyan, covered in wounds.

However, his aura is tremendously strong, showing no sign of injury.

And in his hand he holds a skull—that of the Chaos Whale.

Seeing this, Hunyan smiled with relief.

"I knew you wouldn't die in there."

But after he spoke, Ye Chen's Heavenly Tribulation changed again; this time, murky Chaos continually swirled within the Heavenly Tribulation.

Now even Hunyan doesn't know what kind of living being will emerge from the Heavenly Tribulation.

Ye Chen watches his Heavenly Tribulation, his expression unchanged.

His invincible fighting spirit also erupts to its peak at this moment.

"Come on!"

The instant Ye Chen's words fell, a huge violet-black hole appeared in this Xingkong.

The violet-black hole is so vast that Ye Chen appears as minuscule as dust before it.

As Hunyan watches this scene, his eyes tremble uncontrollably.

"The true Myriad Spirits… have arrived!"

After Hunyan spoke, living beings streamed endlessly from the violet-black hole, each possessing an immensely powerful aura.

"The true battle has only just begun."

Hunyan, gazing at the endless stream of beings emerging from the violet-black hole, said:

Ye Chen also realizes this; he unleashes his full cultivation, employing every means at his disposal.

In the next instant, he charges into the Myriad Spirits.

As soon as he enters, a barrage of techniques and divine abilities assaults him from all sides.

He feels no fear, withstanding those divine abilities purely with his fleshly body.

The Taiji Creation Diagram rotates around him, also blocking much of the damage from those divine abilities.

Moreover, the Taiji Creation Diagram continually absorbs those techniques, analyzes and assimilates them, transmitting them into Ye Chen's mind, thereby perfecting his Dao; he can feel that the next stage of his own Dao is not far off.

Ye Chen keeps slaying; every being that appears here was once a renowned figure.

Thus, Ye Chen is not only fighting his own Heavenly Tribulation, but also battling the mighty figures of the past.

Take the Chaos Whale, for example—a former Immortal King who, upon undergoing the Quasi-Emperor's Crossing Tribulation, had the Great Dao imprint upon him; that is why the Chaos Whale appears in Ye Chen's Heavenly Tribulation.

Tens of thousands of geniuses once imprinted by the Great Dao now appear before Ye Chen to fight him, almost as if they intend to prevent him from surviving.

Such a Heavenly Tribulation perhaps ought not to occur.

But since it appears in Ye Chen's Heavenly Tribulation and cannot be avoided, there is only battle!

Ye Chen slays again and again, yet the violet-black hole before him continues to pour forth the heroic spirits of past geniuses.

It seems endless to slay, impossible to kill them all.

Ye Chen does not know how long he has fought; he only feels utterly weakened, his qi and blood depleted, his spiritual power nearly gone.

Were it not for the Spring Surge opening his limits and continually replenishing his spiritual power, his spiritual power would have long since run dry.

However, the realm corresponding to the Spring Surge is still too low to meet his spiritual power needs; now Ye Chen's spiritual power is in a state of demand exceeding supply.

Yet his movements do not cease; his fists keep swinging, and though the Taiji Creation Diagram is fragmentary, it still rotates beside him.

The Nine Heavens Chaos Mystic Thunder, though its light is dim, still flickers.

Hunyan watches this scene, and a deep despair rises in his heart.

This Heavenly Tribulation—he doesn't even know how Ye Chen will get through it.

Or perhaps it is Lu Chunhua, who has long since returned, standing silently to the side.

It is not that it does not wish to speak; rather, it too feels the helpless despair.

No one knows how many ages this world has endured; the number of geniuses born is countless.

Each of them was a figure who shook an era.

Yet Ye Chen's opponents are precisely them; facing one or two might be manageable, but Ye Chen must confront all the geniuses throughout history who have been imprinted by the Great Dao.

Such a terrifying scene—neither Hunyan nor Lu Chunhua ever imagined it; in Hunyan's era, he had never seen anyone successfully draw forth this Myriad Spirits Tribulation.

Ye Chen… perhaps the first in history.

Ye Chen does not know what Hunyan and Lu Chunhua are thinking now; he continues to swing his fists, knowing that the Dharma-Ending Age is approaching.

He has not yet protected those he cares for, nor has he accomplished what he must do; therefore, he absolutely cannot fall here.

Whether due to the relentless battle or the Taiji Creation Diagram analyzing and compensating for his Dao, the third realm of the cultivation system he founded is about to emerge at this moment.

"Third Realm of the Equilibrium Dao—His Shore!"

As Ye Chen loudly proclaims his third realm, his aura undergoes a sudden, tremendous change!

At the moment a power not of this world appeared, the heavenly prodigies formed by the Heavenly Dao also trembled.

Their figures also became blurred at this moment.

Ye Chen...... is balancing them!

Ye Chen is not only balancing them, he is also balancing the Great Dao of this world.

And just then, the system that had not appeared for a long time sounded.

【On the path of the Dao you have established, on the cultivation system you have established, you are going further and further.】

【The Myriad Spirits Tribulation is indeed terrifying, but before the impending Age of Dharma Decline, it seems insufficient; the Age of Dharma Decline is the true era of annihilation of all living beings.】

【Your fighting will, your Dao, your cultivation system far exceed the rules of this world; therefore, we supplement your cultivation system with a fourth realm—the Divine Palace!】

【Springing forth, the Divine Bridge soars, reaching the other shore; upon the Divine Palace, undefeated in a hundred battles!】

At the moment the system finished speaking, the fourth realm of Ye Chen's cultivation system appeared in his mind.

In an instant, perfected!

At this moment, Ye Chen's aura underwent an earth-shattering change.

The Taiji Creation Diagram instantly enveloped this starry sky, and his Nine Heavens Chaos Mystic Thunder also underwent a transformation at this moment, becoming Primordial Dao Thunder!

The thunder that surpasses Chaos Thunder can rival the Thunder of the Great Dao.

Boom—

In an instant, the heavenly prodigies around Ye Chen were shaken away by him.

"Then...... the battle continues!"