143: The divine tower crumbled, and the Emperor himself arrived!

Lin Ye is about to be tested too!

At that instant, the entire plaza, which had been in a frenzy, miraculously fell silent.

Everyone's gaze, as if by prior agreement, instinctively focused on the slowly approaching… slender figure!

Their eyes were filled with complex emotions.

There was curiosity, anticipation, but more than that, there was a sense of… watching a good show!

They admitted that the woman was indeed an unparalleled Prodigy, one who could overturn their understanding!

However, miracles cannot… happen one after another!

This young man, whose aura seemed unstable, his Divine Soul shaky, and whose Early Stage Half-God Realm was even precarious, what kind of “surprise” could he create?

Ten levels? Or… fifteen levels?

“Hmph! Playing tricks!”

Among the crowd, several Disciple deacons also from the Thunder Cloud Clan looked at Lin Ye's calm, unperturbed back, a cold sneer flashing in their eyes.

Their companion, Lei Ming, was still kneeling on the cold ground as if his soul had left him, not yet having recovered from the earth-shattering shock he had just experienced. This humiliation filled them with… displaced anger towards the young man who was about to be tested!

“Just watch! He’ll be crying later!”

…Lin Ye paid no attention to the gazes around him, which were filled with various meanings.

His heart had long been as still as an ancient well, without a single ripple.

He slowly raised his head, his dark eyes calmly gazing at the ancient divine object before him, which seemed to contain the mysteries of the Universe's creation.

He could clearly feel a faint power of “World Origin,” filled with vastness and antiquity, dormant deep within this stone tablet, like a sleeping Dragon.

“This is… the standard for distinguishing between ‘Genius’ and ‘Mediocre’…”

In his heart, Lin Ye silently formed a cold arc.

Immediately, he no longer hesitated.

Under the gaze of thousands of eyes filled with anticipation and a desire to watch a good show, and under the eyes of Deacon Lei Ming, who was kneeling on the ground, filled with fear and resentment, he slowly raised his right hand.

Then, gently, he pressed it against the cold, jade-like surface of the tablet!

At that instant!

Time seemed to be completely still again!

Everyone’s breathing, at this moment, subconsciously… stopped!

They stared intently at the huge white stone tablet, waiting for the white light, symbolizing “fate’s judgment,” to… light up!

However… one breath… two breaths… three breaths… the stone tablet… remained unresponsive?!

“Wha… what’s going on?!”

“Could it be… his talent… can’t even light up one level?!”

After a brief silence, an uncontrollable clamor of astonishment and… schadenfreude erupted from the crowd!

Even Su Qingyue’s usually calm eyes, which had been filled with anticipation, couldn’t help but show a hint of worry.

Deacon Lei Ming, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly looked up as if grasping at a last straw. A malicious flame reignited in his previously dimmed eyes!

“Useless! He’s really useless! He can’t even…”

However, he hadn't finished his sentence!

At this very moment!

An anomaly suddenly occurred!!!

Without any warning!

“Buzz——!!!!!!!!!!”

An indescribable, terrifying hum, as if from primordial Chaos, as if it would overturn the entire world, suddenly erupted from within the huge white stone tablet that had been silent for ages!

The sound was so vast! And so… ancient!

The moment it sounded, the entire ten-thousand-zhang god ascension tower trembled violently as if it had encountered a world-ending catastrophe! The mysterious divine runes inscribed on its surface, filled with the profound principles of the Great Dao, rotated and shone wildly, like a supreme divine array fully activated, unleashing terrifying divine light capable of instantly obliterating even God Emperor powerhouses!

And on the huge white stone tablet that had been unresponsive!

An indescribable… Chaos light, as if it would ignite the entire firmament, suddenly erupted from the spot where Lin Ye’s palm touched!

The light was no longer the soft white from before!

Instead, it was… black! And white!

Two completely opposite, yet seemingly containing the supreme mysteries of creation and Yin and Yang Reincarnation, terrifying divine lights!

They, like two ancient Yin and Yang fish intertwining and devouring each other, soared wildly upwards at a speed beyond anyone's imagination, even transcending the boundaries of time and space!!!

Ten levels!

Twenty levels!

Fifty levels!!!

In just the blink of an eye!

The black and white divine light, filled with endless destruction and rebirth, had already swept through all the boundaries symbolizing “ordinary talent,” “good talent,” and “outstanding talent” like a force of nature! And there was no sign of stopping!

“Fi… fifty levels?! In an instant?!”

On the plaza, the smiles on the faces of the thousands of “locals” who had been filled with schadenfreude instantly froze!

They were as if their throats had been tightly gripped by an invisible giant hand, their mouths agape, their eyes filled with an indescribable… terror!

Even the high and mighty Monarch of Tiannan, and the Sect Masters and Elders of the other six sects, instinctively rose from their seats! For the first time, a trace of uncontrollable… astonishment appeared in their usually majestic eyes!

However, this was far from over!

Sixty levels!

Seventy levels!

Eighty levels!!!

The black and white divine light continued to climb wildly upwards with an utterly unreasonable and overbearing momentum! As if nothing could stop its progress!

Eighty-five levels!

Eighty-nine levels!

Ninety levels!!!

When the black and white divine light, filled with endless profound and mysterious aura, finally, without suspense, broke through the ninetieth level, which symbolized the “Divine Talent” boundary—

Everyone’s minds, at this instant, completely went… blank!

Ninety levels… another… ninety levels?!

This… how is this possible?!

Could it be that these “Wild Gods” from the lower planes are… all born with Divine Talent?!

However, before they could recover from this terrifying, worldview-shattering fact!

An even more… soul-chilling scene appeared!

The black and white divine light, which should have exhausted its power and stopped after breaking through the ninetieth level, showed no sign of stopping!

It was still… going up!

One hundred and one levels!

One hundred and five levels!

One hundred and eight levels!!!

Finally, under the terrified and utterly horrified gaze of everyone, as if they had seen a ghost!

The terrifying divine light, filled with endless destruction and rebirth, forcefully slammed into the very top of the ten-thousand-zhang god ascension tower… the very peak that symbolized “limit” and “Perfection”!

Boom!!!

Time seemed to be completely still!

Space seemed to be completely solidified!

Immediately after—

“Crack——!!!!!!!!!!”

An indescribable, terrifying roar, as if the entire world was wailing and shattering, suddenly exploded from the very top of the god ascension tower, which had stood for ages without ever wavering in the slightest!

A subtle, yet filled with endless destructive aura… dark crack, unexpectedly and without warning, slowly appeared on the smooth, mirror-like Chaos tower body!

And it was spreading wildly downwards at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Like a hideous… scar!

The god ascension tower… cracked?!

This ancient divine object, symbolizing the supreme glory of Tianxuan City and passed down for ages… was actually… cracked?!

And at this moment!

Without any warning!

A vast pressure, as if transcending all Laws of this world, suddenly descended from the center of the city, from the very top of the ten-thousand-zhang god ascension tower… with a thunderous roar!

Instantly, it completely enveloped the entire Tianxuan City, along with the vast territory extending hundreds of millions of miles outside the city!

Their Divine Souls felt as if they were being tightly gripped by an invisible, giant hand belonging to a creator deity! They couldn't even muster a trace of resistance!

Immediately after!

At the very top of the already cracked god ascension tower, in the depths of the firmament shrouded by endless divine light!

A blurry, yet seemingly containing the vast majesty of the entire Universe… majestic figure, slowly condensed into form!

He, merely standing there, seemed to have become the only… Dominator of this world!

His pale golden eyes, which seemed to contain the cycle of birth and death of the sun, moon, and stars, slowly opened, like two bolts of lightning capable of piercing through ages, instantly tearing through layers of spatial barriers, and precisely landing on the slender figure standing calmly below in the plaza, seemingly oblivious to everything!

“First… of all ages…”

A vast voice, as if from primordial Chaos, filled with endless majesty and… a hint of curiosity, slowly sounded, like the final judgment.

“You…”

“Who… exactly are you?”