281: The flawed jade is the king (20).

The news of Yu Tianheng challenging "Remnant Jade" to a life-and-death duel swept through the Five Domains like a violent storm within just a few days.

The "Little Sage" of the Eastern Domain versus the mysterious powerhouse "Remnant Jade" who had recently risen in the Northern Plains.

One was a peerless Prodigy who possessed the Saint Eye and Supreme Bone, sweeping through the younger generation of the Eastern Domain without a single defeat.

The other was a ruthless man who could ignore the Grandmist Sage's Restriction, walking with lotuses blooming at every step, and had publicly slain Golden Crow Daozi with a sword amidst a vast army.

This was undoubtedly the most eye-catching Peak duel of the current era.

Countless busybodies and scouts from top-tier forces flocked from all over the Five Domains to the Northern Plains, wishing to witness this fierce Dragon-Tiger struggle with their own eyes.

However, to everyone's surprise, the other protagonist at the center of the storm, Wang Yun, seemed to have vanished into thin air.

In the Great Nether Sacred Capital, deep within the heavily guarded imperial palace.

Inside a palace specifically opened for Wang Yun, where the Spiritual Qi was at its most dense.

Wang Yun turned a deaf ear to the surging storms of the outside world.

He sat cross-legged, his mind completely immersed in his internal introspection.

Within his chest, the heart of flora, the first generation supreme bone, and the grandmist supreme bone—three distinct yet equally Supreme powers—were slowly resonating and fusing with each other in a profound rhythm.

He was very clear about his current goal.

To nurture the Supreme Body.

Fame was nothing but a passing cloud.

Only by completely fusing these three powers and nurturing the legendary, unique "Supreme Body" would he have the foundation to establish himself in this Golden Great Age and even seek revenge against the Yu Family in the future.

The turmoil of the outside world had nothing to do with him.

Time passed day by day.

At first, the world was full of expectations, believing that the mysterious "Remnant Jade" was accumulating strength and preparing to meet the challenge in his Peak state.

But a month passed, and Wang Yun did not appear.

Three months passed, and Wang Yun still did not appear.

Half a year later, when the messenger sent by Yu Tianheng had been shouting outside the Great Nether Sacred Capital for several days without even seeing Wang Yun's face.

Public opinion in the outside world changed completely.

"What 'Chosen One of the Grandmist Saint'? I think he's just a coward hiding in his shell!"

"He must have been scared witless by the Little Sage's reputation and doesn't even have the courage to accept the challenge!"

"To think I traveled all the way from the Southern Border just to see the style of this mysterious powerhouse. I didn't expect him to be someone who fishes for undeserved fame!"

All sorts of mockery and disdain were rampant.

Wang Yun's reputation plummeted.

Meanwhile, Yu Tianheng's prestige reached its Peak through this "victory without a fight."

He was hailed by countless people as the undisputed number one of the current younger generation.

Finally, a year after the challenge was issued, the Great You Sacred Dynasty made an announcement.

Wang Yun had entered a state of death-seclusion within the Sacred Capital.

Once this news came out, it completely solidified Wang Yun's reputation for "cowardice."

His name gradually disappeared from public discussion, replaced by various new Prodigies emerging like bamboo shoots after a rain... Time is both the most generous and most heartless thing in this Golden Great Age.

Ten years passed in a flash.

These ten years were a decade of triumphant progress for Yu Tianheng.

He did not stop his footsteps because of Wang Yun's "cowardice"; instead, he became increasingly diligent.

Holding a long halberd, he swept across the entire Eastern Domain.

Whether it was long-established veteran Prodigies or rising stars who rose like comets, none were his match for even a single exchange.

Under the Saint Eye, all illusions were seen through.

The Supreme Bone suppressed all laws.

In ten years, he never tasted defeat.

The younger generation of the Eastern Domain was completely beaten into submission by him.

The title of "Little Sage" was well-deserved.

Finally, in the ninth year when his prestige reached its zenith, a monumental Opportunity descended.

In the far east of the Eastern Domain, a Forbidden Land called the "Cave of Ten Thousand Dao Origins" opened without warning.

Rumor had it that it was the place where the Origins of ten thousand Daos converged when the world first opened, nurturing countless divine treasures that could help one comprehend the Dao or even undergo a complete transformation.

When the news spread, the Five Domains were shaken.

Countless Prodigies flocked there, all wanting a share of this feast.

Yu Tianheng was naturally no exception.

He suppressed all rivals and pushed forward all the way. Finally, in the deepest part of the Cave of Origins, under the siege of dozens of top Prodigies, he forcibly seized a fist-sized, chaotic-colored "Heart of Heaven and Earth" that seemed to contain an entire world.

That was the Supreme divine object that could help him perfectly fuse that "external" Supreme Bone with his own Saint Eye, finally nurturing a true "Supreme Body"... Yu Family, Ancestral Land Forbidden Zone.

On an altar that drew from nine top-tier dragon veins and was inscribed with an ancient Spirit Gathering Array, Yu Tianheng sat cross-legged.

Before him, the "Heart of Heaven and Earth" slowly hovered.

"Today is the day I, Yu Tianheng, nurture the Supreme Body!"

His eyes were full of fanaticism and confidence as he opened his mouth and swallowed the divine object.

Boom!

A vast and majestic power exploded within his body.

His Saint Eye and that Supreme Bone, under the guidance of this power, began their final Fusion.

The phenomena were grand in scale.

Purple Qi rose from the Yu Family's ancestral land, stretching for ninety thousand miles.

Above the heavens, the Dao harmonized, and phantoms of Divine Beasts appeared, bowing toward the altar.

"It's going to happen!"

"Our Yu Family is about to produce a Young Supreme!"

Outside the altar, the Yu Family Patriarch and a group of Elders were incredibly excited.

However, at the very last moment when Yu Tianheng was about to succeed and the embryonic form of the Supreme Body was about to condense in his body.

Buzz!

A cold and heartless force of rejection from the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth descended without warning.

The power within Yu Tianheng's body instantly went berserk. The light of the Supreme Bone dimmed sharply, and the resonance with the Saint Eye was forcibly severed.

"Puff!"

Yu Tianheng felt as if he had been struck by lightning. Two lines of bloody tears seeped from the Saint Eye on his forehead. He violently spat out a large mouthful of heart's blood and was sent flying off the altar, his aura instantly weakening.

The embryonic Supreme Body within him completely collapsed.

"No! Why?!"

Yu Tianheng let out an unwilling and frenzied roar.

"Why did it fail?! Where exactly did it go wrong?!"

He couldn't understand it.

He possessed the Saint Eye, held the Supreme Bone, and had the help of a divine object like the "Heart of Heaven and Earth"; everything was practically perfect.

But why did it fall through at this final step?

Immense self-doubt and rage caused him to lose his mind.

And at this very moment.

Almost at the same instant Yu Tianheng failed.

In the palace within the Great Nether Sacred Capital where Wang Yun was in seclusion.

Everything fell into place naturally.

Those three Supreme powers had no conflict or rejection. In a nearly perfect manner, they slowly fused and became one.

Buzz— A Supreme aura that looked down upon the world suddenly erupted from Wang Yun's body.

The aura of the Supreme Body swept across the entire Northern Plains.

Wherever that pressure passed, all things submitted, and all living beings prostrated.

It was as if they were welcoming the descent of a true Young Supreme.

Far away in the Eastern Domain, at the Yu Family ancestral land.

Yu Tianheng, who had just suffered a heavy blow and fallen into a frenzy, suddenly shuddered when he felt this Supreme pressure sweeping across heaven and earth.

His Saint Eye, streaming with bloody tears, stared fixedly in the direction of the Northern Plains.

A sense of humiliation and rage, even stronger than the physical trauma and the damage to his Dao Heart, made him completely lose his sanity.

He did not know how his failure was related to this aura.

Yu Tianheng let out another unwilling roar.

What the Little Sage didn't know was that he had actually succeeded.

However, there can only be one Supreme Body!

PS: Still four chapters today; I've been doing extra updates for four consecutive days.