Chapter 244: Just Getting Started!

His mind flickered, and the void before him instantly rippled, two clusters of light whose brilliance and preciousness defied description slowly materialized, like two ancient blazing suns!

One cluster displayed a pure, extreme golden hue, as if it had gathered all the world's light and nobility; within it a faint miniature nine‑claw golden dragon phantom spiraled, radiating Supreme Dragon Might that towers over all spirits and commands the heavens.

It is the Dao Fruit of that Great Golden Emperor Dragon King…

The other cluster bore the hue of Chaos, as if it contained all the Primordial Power that existed before heaven and earth opened; heavy, ancient, boundlessly vast, its mere suspension caused the surrounding void to subtly warp, seeming both joyous and trembling.

This is the Primordial of that Great Golden Emperor Dragon King…

These two reverse‑Heaven fates obtained from Suppressing Dragon Valley can be called Ye Wuque's greatest gain on this journey, aside from fully repairing the Great Dragon Halberd!

Because of the battle between that Great Golden Emperor Dragon King and the ominous terrifying existence, and the erosion of ten‑thousand‑year ages, this Dao Fruit and Primordial are evidently incomplete.

Yet even so, its preciousness is beyond imagination!

Its value would likely make those famed ten‑thousand‑year Titans swoon.

At this moment, to strike the Eleventh-step Saint King that looms across ancient history, regarded as the legend of the Eternal Heaven Rift and the void, Ye Wuque did not hesitate to extract them.

"Refine!"

Without hesitation, Ye Wuque formed the mysterious Seal Script with both hands, and the divine power already surging to its limit erupted thunderously, like two roaring dragons, each enveloping the Dao Fruit and the Primordial.

"Hum—!"

The instant Ye Wuque's power touched these two treasures, it was as if a slumbering ancient deity was startled awake, and the two clusters of brilliance suddenly erupted with endless light capable of blinding ordinary beings.

Boom—boom—boom!

Within the Dao Fruit, the miniature nine‑claw golden dragon phantom suddenly swelled, emitting a silent yet soul‑shaking roar, an imperial will that reigns over all and dares none to disobey forcefully striking Ye Wuque's mind!

It is the immortal seal left by the Great Golden Emperor Dragon King within its Dao Fruit, not meant for others to touch lightly.

And that Chaotic Origin is as weighty as an ancient star domain, its vast energy like the first wave of the nascent universe, bearing both destruction and creation, wildly assaulting Ye Wuque's meridians and Battle Sage Qi, seeking to assimilate and crush him!

If any other Ten-step Saint King, even an ordinary Single Extreme Realm Being, were hit by these two forces, they would likely be instantly annihilated in body and spirit, erased completely.

But who is Ye Wuque?

His foundation is so robust, his depth so profound, that it has already surpassed normal logic, reaching an inconceivable realm!

"Zhen!"

He uttered Dao tones from his mouth, like thunderclaps striking the Nine Zhutian.

His entire aura suddenly shifted, no longer calm and restrained, but erupting with the ultimate battle power that stands at the apex of the Ten-step Saint King…!

"Awo!"

The ethereal shadow of a river of qi and blood spontaneously manifested, coursing through the Dongfu, raging and roaring, emitting a deafening boom!

Endless golden divine power surged like a breached ocean, tumultuous and surging, with specks of immortal divinity shining within!

Various unparalleled power traits intertwined and resonated, forming the strongest barrier and the sharpest spear tip, firmly withstanding the backlash of the Dao Fruit and Primordial!

The entire Dongfu began to quake violently; on the stone walls, the restrictive divine sigils Ye Wuque laid down flickered wildly, their light unstable, as if they could shatter at any moment.

Centered on him, an unimaginably terrifying pressure spread out like a massive tsunami, booming outward!

"Hum—!"

Almost the moment that pressure breached the Dongfu, the entire Holy War Heavenly Ape Ancestral Land world sensed a transcendent aura of pressure spanning past and present!

Immediately thereafter, robust, dragon‑shaped formation light pillars engraved with countless ancient barbaric totems rose autonomously from every corner of the Ancestral Land world, interweaving and linking in the void, forming an immense, mysterious light dome that enveloped the entire Ancestral Land world!

Above the light dome, a giant ape roared against the starry sky, ancient trees split heaven and earth, and stars circled in cycles of birth and death…

Emitting an impregnable, all‑law‑defying, weighty aura!

"Ancestral Land Guardian Array… autonomously activated?!"

"It is the direction of Lord Ye's seclusion!"

"What a terrifying fluctuation! Could it be Lord Ye breaking through? What level is he breaking through to?! I feel as if some ancient ancestor is cultivating Supreme Divine Art!"

In an instant, countless ape clan youths were alarmed, looking up at the sky, seeing the Ancestral Land Array that usually remains hidden and only appears when the tribe faces life‑or‑death crisis; now, due to Ye Wuque's seclusion aftershocks, it autonomously activated, their faces filled with shock and disbelief.

Even the Clan Leader, the giant ape elders, and other high‑ranking members floated in the air, their expressions solemn and horrified as they gazed toward the direction of Ye Wuque's secluding Dongfu.

"Kid Ye, this breakthrough's commotion… is just too astonishing!"

The giant ape elder clicked his tongue, noting that it wasn't the sheer terror of its power, but the absolute suppression at the level of existence!

The Clan Leader's gaze was deep as he said in a low voice:

"Ye Xiaoyou's path… is the Reverse Heaven Path, rarely trod since antiquity."

"Ye Xiaoyou is extraordinary, performing extraordinary deeds; such phenomena are no surprise."

"Send the order: seal off the Ancestral Land, strictly forbid any clan member from approaching within ten thousand li of Ye Xiaoyou's seclusion area; violators will be dealt with according to clan law!"

"Yes!"

Within the Dongfu, Ye Wuque seemed oblivious to the astonishing external phenomena.

All his mind and spirit were immersed in refining the Dao Fruit and Primordial, and in striking the ancient ten‑thousand‑year barrier.

In his perception, ahead seemed an endless, indestructible Chaotic Barrier!

It blocked the path, obscured the future, exuding a despairing ancient aura.

This is the Eternal Heaven Rift that blocks countless prodigies from reaching the Eleventh-step Saint King…!

"Open… for me!"

Ye Wuque let out a roar in his heart, merging the partially refined Dao Fruit and Primordial power with his own ultimate battle power at the Ten-step peak, forming an unprecedented torrent!

This torrent displayed colors woven from gold and Chaos, containing the Supreme Majesty and power of the Golden Emperor Dragon King, as well as Ye Wuque's own ultimate principles of Battle Sage Method and Time‑Space Holy Method, and also embodying his complete understanding and conviction of his own Dao!

Boom!!!

The torrent surged like the first divine thunder of Open Heaven and Split Earth, and like an apocalyptic light piercing the star sea, with an unstoppable, who‑else‑but‑me absolute momentum, striking the ancient ten‑thousand‑year barrier fiercely!

Crack!!

A sound like a crack from the deepest soul, reverberating through all heavens and ten thousand paths, suddenly rang out!

That indestructible, seemingly eternal Chaotic Barrier, under Ye Wuque's supreme strike that gathered all of himself and the two reverse‑Heaven fates, finally… was blasted open with a slender fissure!!

Even though the fissure is small, it signifies hope!

It means that this Eternal Heaven Rift is not truly insurmountable!

"Not enough!"

Ye Wuque's eyes burned bright like the great sun, without any pause, driving the terrifying torrent that had fused together, like tireless ancient gods and demons, again and again, continuously bombarding that fissure!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Each impact widened the fissure a bit, resonated with Ye Wuque's mind, and made the light of the Guardian Array of the Ancestral Land outside even more dazzling, causing countless ape beings to have their hearts startled and flesh tremble.

It is unknown how long passed; it could be an instant, or it could be eternity.

When Ye Wuque gathered all his power and launched an unknown-numbered impact—

Rumble—rumble—rumble!!!

That fissure, continuously bombarded, finally reached its limit of endurance and burst—exploding!

The barrier shattered, revealing behind it... an absolute void and Dead Silence!

No light, no darkness, no Time, no Space, no matter, no energy... even the concept of nothingness itself seems absent here.

Ye Wuque's will seemed to detach from his Flesh, following the broken breach of the barrier, stepping into this incomprehensibly terrifying space...

He sees nothing, hears nothing, perceives nothing.

It seems as if one's very existence would be assimilated and erased by this absolute nothingness.

Ye Wuque instantly comprehended.

Breaking the barrier was merely obtaining a ticket to enter.

His eleventh Saint King breakthrough path... has only just begun within this absolute void and Dead Silence!

The true trial now... truly descends!