Chapter 49: Ye Chen's Secret Realm Heavenly Tribulation

Ye Chen finished speaking, Zhang Hai continued: "Ye younger brother, when do you have time? Come out and I'll treat you to a meal."

Zhang Hai finished speaking, Ye Chen slightly furrowed his brow. As for when he had time, he actually always had time, but now he needed to first set up the formation; otherwise he didn't really want to go out. So he said to Zhang Hai: "I'll have time once the medicinal ingredients arrive."

Ye Chen finished speaking, Zhang Hai's voice immediately sounded: "Ye younger brother, rest assured, by tomorrow afternoon at the latest I'll be able to get all the medicinal ingredients you need."

"Then that's fine, thank you, Elder Brother Zhang."

"Hey, you saved my daughter; such a great kindness—how can I say it's a bother? I should be grateful for your great kindness and virtue."

"Hmm, Elder Brother Zhang, there's still one thing I'd like to trouble you with."

"Just say it; as long as it's not something illegal or disorderly, I'll take care of it for you."

Zhang Hai finished speaking, Ye Chen lightly exhaled a breath of foul air and said: "I want you to help me find a few kinds of stone; they're not rare items, it's just that my connections aren't that wide, so looking for them might be a bit troublesome, so I'd like to trouble you to help me find them."

"Ye younger brother, send me what you need, and I'll try to have everything ready for you by tomorrow."

"Okay, if there's nothing else I'll hang up first; I still have some things on my end, and afterwards I'll send you those few kinds of stone."

""Good.""

Zhang Hai finished speaking, Ye Chen hung up the phone, then glanced at the time; it was still more than ten minutes until ten.

"I feel I'm about to break through; taking advantage of today, I'll give it my all and see if I can break through in one night."

Ye Chen finished speaking, adjusted his mind, and immersed himself in cultivation.

Just as he sank into cultivation, the system's voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

【The planet's self-defense has been activated; this is the privilege of a low-level cultivation civilization, and also the protection granted by the Heavenly Dao; a great change is about to begin.】

After hearing the system's words, Ye Chen's eyes flashed with a sharp light: "It seems the chaotic age has arrived early."

Ye Chen finished speaking, closed his eyes and carefully sensed the planet's energy fluctuations; after a while, he slowly opened his eyes.

"Indeed, it's different from before; the energy is stronger than before and also gentler, and it constantly improves the physiques of the people on this planet—all of this shows that this is the planet's response to the crisis."

Ye Chen finished speaking, closed his eyes again; those who can walk in the starry sky are all powerful cultivators, and against such cultivators he has little chance of victory—at least for now he cannot walk in the starry sky.

……

In the starry sky, tens of thousands of light-years away, a figure was slowly walking through the starry sky.

"The ancient legacy—truly something to look forward to."

"Isn't that Esteemed Founder Daoist? How come you're also interested in the ancient legacy?"

Esteemed Founder Daoist, upon hearing that voice, turned around, and upon seeing the visitor, coldly said: "What wind blew you here, you who usually don't concern yourself with worldly affairs, Ancient Wave Venerable?"

"There's nothing to be done; the temptation of the ancient legacy is simply too great."

Esteemed Founder Daoist, after hearing Ancient Wave Venerable's words, gave a cold snort: "You should know that we can't enter now; with your strength, forcibly approaching will only lead to a situation where you lose both life and the Dao."

"You understand the principle—how could I not? My clan's juniors are on their way here, so you don't need to worry about this."

Ancient Wave Venerable finished speaking, and Esteemed Founder Daoist said nothing more.

"Shall we travel together? Anyway, that light barrier hasn't fully opened yet; for now we're not in a competitive relationship."

"As you wish."

Esteemed Founder Daoist finished speaking, then suddenly accelerated, flying toward the star that bears the "Ancient Legacy".

Gu Lan Daoist, seeing this, wasn't annoyed; he simply smiled and followed Esteemed Founder Daoist.

"Hey, wait for me."

……

After a night of cultivation, at dawn Ye Chen suddenly opened his eyes; a terrifying aura burst from his body, golden light flowing over him like a golden statue.

"I can break through to the secret realm."

Ye Chen said, then leapt up from a jump.

He naturally couldn't break through here; he feared that breaking through to the secret realm would cause some anomalous phenomena, and if discovered, he wouldn't be able to explain it well.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen summoned the paper person Ye Chen.

"Today you'll still go; my cultivation has also broken through, and I'll re-refine you so you won't fear eating mundane food."

Ye Chen finished speaking, the paper person Ye Chen lightly nodded at him, and then Ye Chen proceeded to re-refine the paper person Ye Chen.

Not long after, Ye Chen finished refining the paper person Ye Chen; after completing the refinement, his figure instantly vanished from the spot.

He needed to go to the suburbs; any place without people would do.

"Once these matters are done, we can consider dealing with the Northern Sect's affairs—they've tried to kill me repeatedly; do they really think I'm some kind of saint?"

As Ye Chen spoke those words, killing intent surged; the Northern Sect—he will surely exterminate it.

After half an hour, Ye Chen reached the suburbs; today there were still many people having a picnic, so Ye Chen, helpless, had to go farther; after running another ten-plus minutes, he finally arrived at an uninhabited spot.

"This is the place."

Ye Chen looked at this uninhabited place and nodded in satisfaction.

Afterwards, he took out the Secret Realm Pill, without any hesitation, and directly swallowed it.

After swallowing the Secret Realm Pill, a gentle yet terrifying energy instantly flowed into his limbs and bones; in an instant, his complexion turned extremely pale, and his body showed faint cracks.

"This energy is too huge; if not transformed in time, I'm very likely to be burst apart by this massive energy!"

Ye Chen painfully said, his body rapidly transforming the energy of the Secret Realm Pill, while at the same time, the Taiji Double Fish Diagram, which he hadn't cultivated in a long while, slowly appeared behind him.

The moment the Taiji Double Fish Diagram appeared, a black and a white fish swam around Ye Chen; after they appeared, his condition improved considerably.

His body stopped cracking, the speed of transforming the Secret Realm Pill increased considerably, his body stabilized, and the speed at which the two fish swam around him grew faster, as did his speed of transforming energy.

Suddenly, a sound like shattering glass came from within Ye Chen's body, followed immediately by a even stronger energy wandering through his body.

In an instant, Ye Chen suddenly opened his eyes: "I've broken through."

After he said that, he let out a sigh of relief; just now the situation was extremely dangerous—he had almost been burst apart by the massive energy of the Secret Realm Pill.

"Alright, I can go back now; no anomalous phenomena occurred, an unexpected blessing."

However, just as Ye Chen's words fell, he suddenly felt an extremely terrifying aura lock onto him; his mind and soul trembled violently, he looked around in horror, but found nothing nearby.

"What on earth is going on!?"

Ye Chen said, utterly bewildered.

Suddenly, the sky above his head darkened instantly.

At the same time, Ye Chen reacted, "Holy crap, the Heavenly Tribulation of the Qi Refining stage! How could the Qi Refining stage have a Heavenly Tribulation!?"

The moment he finished speaking, the system's voice also sounded.

【You are about to face your first Heavenly Tribulation; if you succeed, you will possess an unsurpassable foundation and your path of cultivation will be smooth; if you fail, you will vanish in body and spirit, turning into a handful of yellow earth.】