Primordial Star Scripture

A hundred figures emerged from the Void Celestial Gourd and returned to the Land of Wonders outside, each wearing a different expression.

More than eight years of cultivation had been a lengthy period of arduous training, yet the harvests for the hundred individuals were diverse.

The vast majority of people, apart from their True Qi becoming slightly more condensed, had no other changes.

It wasn't surprising, since many of these Heavenly Saint Realm martial artists had practiced for thousands of years; some had even stayed in the same minor realm for over hundreds of years.

If they hadn't broken through their realm after staying for hundreds of years, how could it be possible to break through after just over eight years of cultivation?

These people emerged from the Void Celestial Gourd with somewhat disappointed expressions on their faces.

After all, having not succeeded in breaking through to the True God Realm, they lacked the confidence to continue venturing into the stages ahead in the Undersea Divine Palace, with little assurance of even exploring the closest twelfth layer.

Of course, there was also a small group of individuals whose faces revealed uncontrollable delight.

Some of them had made significant gains in the training of special martial skills, some had broken through from the mid-phase to the late-phase of the Heavenly Saint Realm, and there was even a martial artist from the Minor Spirit Realm who had overcome the First Heavenly Tribulation within the Void Celestial Gourd and successfully become a True God, a First Tribulation True God!

First Tribulation True God.

Only one more step beyond the late-phase Heavenly Saint, but already a realm apart in level!

A realm apart on the path of martial arts!

At that moment, this newly minted First Tribulation True God even puffed out his chest unconsciously, feeling outstanding like a crane standing among chickens in the crowd in his heart.

Upon exiting the Void Celestial Gourd, Ye Chen's gaze shifted towards a few familiar people.

When he saw Palace Master Yuan Li, Ye Chen was taken aback, "Palace Master Yuan Li..."

Ye Chen was startled to see that aside from one late-phase Heavenly Saint of the Minor Spirit Realm breaking through to the True God, Palace Master Yuan Li had also managed to break through to the True God Realm!

It's known that it's exceedingly difficult for someone in the late phase of the Heavenly Saint Realm to reach the bottleneck to break through to the True God Realm, and even more challenging to actually succeed in the breakthrough, as the vast majority perish in the Heavenly Tribulation during their first attempt.

Therefore, the appearance of two martial artists succeeding in breaking through to the True God Realm at the scene was naturally tremendously shocking.

"Ye Chen!"

Palace Master Yuan Li also saw Ye Chen's gaze and, with a slight smile, she flew over to him.

"Congratulations to Palace Master Yuan Li on your successful breakthrough to the True God Realm!" Ye Chen said to Palace Master Yuan Li with a smile.

Palace Master Yuan Li replied with a gentle laugh and a shake of her head, "Even though I've broken through to the True God Realm, my strength is still not a match for yours. Ye Chen, I'm aware that during the previous grand martial competition, you did not fully exert your strength."

While talking and laughing, Palace Master Yuan Li suddenly opened her beautiful eyes wide in surprise, "Ye Chen, you've broken through to the mid-phase of the Heavenly Saint Realm?!"

Seeing Ye Chen nod, Palace Master Yuan Li couldn't believe it and covered her mouth in astonishment.

She was simply too shocked!

This shock, for her, was even a hundredfold more surprising than her own breakthrough to the True God Realm!

You see, Palace Master Yuan Li herself had been in the late phase of the Heavenly Saint Realm for countless years, always just half a step away from triggering the descent of the First Heavenly Tribulation to attack the True God Realm.

One could say that her success in the Void Celestial Gourd in breaking through to the True God was partially due to good fortune and also related to her countless years of accumulation.

But Ye Chen was different.

Palace Master Yuan Li, more than anyone else, knew that it was just after the recent grand battle in the Southern Territory that Ye Chen had broken through to the early phase of the Heavenly Saint Realm.

To have just advanced to the early phase of the Heavenly Saint and now to have reached the mid-phase, despite the accelerated time flow rate of over eight years within the Void Celestial Gourd, was simply unimaginable!

Many who were in the early phase of the Heavenly Saint Realm and spent hundreds or thousands of years trying to push into the mid-phase could not achieve it.

To expect to progress from the early to the mid-phase of the Heavenly Saint in just a little over eight years was truly beyond belief!

What Palace Master Yuan Li didn't know was that when Ye Chen had stepped into the Heavenly Saint Realm in the Rotating Pill Realm, he was already comprehending five major Heavenly Void Laws simultaneously, reaching a profound understanding of the Laws.

And after cultivating the Primordial Chapter of the Primordial Star Scripture and opening the Stellar Vortex Space within his body, he had delved into an even deeper understanding of the Laws pertaining to internal spatial levels, comprehension that was deeper than what was needed to advance from the early to the mid-phase of the Heavenly Saint Realm.

With this facilitation of different Law comprehensions, his assault on the mid-phase of the Heavenly Saint Realm was of course a success.

In the midst of Palace Master Yuan Li's astonishment, as Ye Chen conveyed some matters to her through mental communication, several figures flew towards Ye Chen.

These figures were all well-known to Ye Chen, being Elder Minghua, the Senior Elder of the Heavenly Fire Holy Land from the Leaving Fire Continent, Heavenly Evolution Elder, and Mystery Heavenly Saint, who had also entered the Void Celestial Gourd for cultivation.

"Young Friend Ye Chen!"

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Now, as they flew in front of Ye Chen, they all asked him, "Young Friend Ye Chen, are you planning to continue venturing into the Undersea Divine Palace below?"

These individuals were quite familiar with Ye Chen's strength.

Especially Elder Minghua, who had personally witnessed Ye Chen's use of True God level techniques, and Heavenly Evolution Elder, Mystery Heavenly Saint, and the Senior Elder of the Heavenly Fire Holy Land from the Leaving Fire Continent, knew of Ye Chen's power, which had allowed him to stand as an equal to the Three-Eyed Skeleton, a Three-Tribulations True God.

All hailing from the thirty-three lands of the Lower Realm, they inevitably centered themselves around Ye Chen.

"Honored seniors," Ye Chen nodded with a smile toward these older generations, "I will indeed continue further down!"

At this moment, Elder Minghua let out a long sigh, "Young Friend Ye Chen, it's all up to you to venture forth now. We, a few, haven't been able to break into the True God Realm and dare not go any lower."

The other late-stage Heavenly Saints also let out long sighs.

They understood that their inability to continue downward could very likely lead to their death in this great cleansing catastrophe.

Although they had lived for countless years and had long since become indifferent to life and death, the sense of powerlessness and the inability to fight on still left them deeply sighing, disappointed, and sorrowful.

Just like Ye Chen and his peers, other familiar Heavenly Saints were also grouping together in twos and threes, discussing what to do next.

Even many Heavenly Saints who hadn't entered the Void Celestial Gourd but chose to cultivate in this Land of Wonders gathered around their familiar peers after seeing the hundred martial artists come out from the Void Celestial Gourd, starting conversations.

Although they had been cultivating inside the Void Celestial Gourd for over eight years, only one month had passed in the real-time of the Undersea Divine Palace, and they still had a long time to stay there.

After everyone had shared their experiences for a while and was about to go their separate ways again, a group led by a First Tribulation True God who had just succeeded in breaking through in the Minor Spirit Realm headed in the direction where Ye Chen was.

Seeing this group approaching suddenly, Ye Chen, Palace Master Yuan Li, Elder Minghua, and a few others stopped their conversation and turned to look at them.

The First Tribulation True God, who had just achieved a breakthrough, noticed Palace Master Yuan Li beside Ye Chen had also succeeded in ascending to the True God Realm, and his eyes revealed a shocked expression. However, ultimately, his gaze settled on Ye Chen.

"Fellow Daoist Ye Chen, my name is 'Jiunan,'" the First Tribulation True God greeted Ye Chen with a smile, "Previously, in a different challenge zone, I witnessed your combat and felt a desire to spar with you, Young Friend Ye Chen."

"It's a pity that at that time, I was still in the late Heavenly Saint stage and felt that I was no match for you."

"Now that I have successfully broken through to the True God Realm and have fully mastered my two sets of Divine Arts, I wonder if you would exchange a few moves with me, Ye Chen. I want to see if you, who swept through the Heavenly Saints, possess the combat power of a First Tribulation True God!"

This Jiunan, who had just made a breakthrough to become a True God, actually came to challenge Ye Chen!

When the other Heavenly Saints heard the newly minted True God "Jiunan" issue a challenge to Ye Chen, who had astounded everyone in the previous grand competition, all eyes turned to Ye Chen.

Many murmured among themselves, saying, "This is going to be a good show!"

"That young man Ye Chen was astounding before; he could defeat any Heavenly Saint with ease. I suspected that he might have True God level combat power."

"Alas, there was no one among the Heavenly Saints back then who could really push the young man to reveal a second move."

"Now, Jiunan has broken through and has become 'True God Jiunan.' Just by breaking through the Realm, a True God is infinitely stronger than a Heavenly Saint. Plus, he said he's made significant breakthroughs in his Divine Arts too. It's very possible that he has the strength to match this miraculous young man, Ye Chen!"

"I wonder if Ye Chen will accept the challenge."

Some Heavenly Saints also remarked, "Fighting a True God is too risky, and even if he wins, there won't be any more opportunities to enter the Void Celestial Gourd. Ye Chen might not accept the challenge."

In the midst of the buzzing conversations, Jiunan looked at Ye Chen with a light smile and then turned his gaze to Palace Master Yuan Li beside him, saying, "My fellow Daoist has also broken through to the True God Realm. Congratulations to you. However, you won't stop me from fighting with fellow Daoist Ye Chen, will you?"

Palace Master Yuan Li hadn't expected True God Jiunan to address her. She glanced at Jiunan and then at Ye Chen, smiling, "Of course, I won't stop you. However, Jiunan, even though you have just succeeded in breaking through to the True God Realm, I'm afraid you are still far from being a match for Ye Chen."

Not only did Palace Master Yuan Li smile gently, but Elder Minghua, Heavenly Evolution Elder, Mystery Heavenly Saint, and others beside Ye Chen showed a kind of helpless amusement upon hearing that Jiunan, who had just become a First Tribulation True God, wanted to challenge Ye Chen.

The expressions on their faces made it clear, they didn't hold much hope for this True God Jiunan at all!

The attitudes of those around Ye Chen left True God Jiunan feeling quite unhappy inside.

He had only just managed to break through to the True God Realm, where his power had multiplied countless times. Of those present in this Land of Wonders, only Palace Master Yuan Li, who had also ascended to the True God Realm, could be compared with him.

All the others were still Heavenly Saints.

Now, to be looked down upon by this group was irksome.

Even though the young man Ye Chen had repeatedly defeated many challengers, frightening thousands of martial artists from challenging further, True God Jiunan guessed that Ye Chen's real strength had just surpassed the Heavenly Saint Realm; at most, it was at the level of a First Tribulation True God.

He simply couldn't believe that Ye Chen had the power to disdain him!