465: Chapter 465 The Heavenly Emperor (30)

Following the journey to the Secret Realm of Absolute Beginning, the name of the Ye Family Imperial Scion, Ye Yun, swept through the entire Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

In every tavern, marketplace, and Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land, Cultivators gathered in small groups, with only one focus of discussion.

“Have you heard? That Imperial Scion of the Ye Family isn't some Ancient Desolate Waste Body at all! He possesses the perfected and flawless Desolate Ancient Sacred Body!”

“That's not all! I saw it with my own eyes at the Eastern Court Martial Arts Assembly; he is also a once-in-an-eternity Sword Dao Prodigy. While in the Guiyi Realm, he was able to suppress the Wuji Sword Son of the Grotto-Heaven Realm!”

“That's nothing. According to the latest news, in the Secret Realm of Absolute Beginning, he swept through the five great Prodigies of the Eastern Heavenly Court by himself and claimed the Legacy of Absolute Beginning for himself!”

Various titles regarding Ye Yun spread like wildfire.

Flawless Desolate Ancient Sacred Body.

The biological son of the Great Emperor Desolate Heaven.

Young Emperor of the Sword Dao.

Young Great Emperor.

Some even praised him as possessing the true “posture of a heavenly emperor.”

Amidst this storm of public opinion, another ancient Imperial Clan became the greatest laughingstock of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

The Liu Family.

“That Liu Family Saintess, Liu Yan, must be regretting it until her intestines turn green, right?”

“Hahaha, who says she isn't! She had a fiancé destined to prove his Dao and become an Emperor, with even the hope of reaching for the seat of Heavenly Emperor, but she didn't want him. She insisted on breaking the engagement and publicly humiliating him as a waste body. Now look, she's been slapped in the face hard.”

“Although the Liu Family is an Imperial Clan, their foundation is shallow after all. That Saintess Liu Yan only has a ‘quasi-emperor posture.’ Compared to the Ye Family Imperial Scion, it's like the difference between clouds and mud. This marriage was originally the Liu Family reaching above their station.”

...

While the external turmoil grew more intense, in some unknown corners of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, undercurrents were also surging frantically.

In the Central Dao Province, a mysterious space was shrouded in endless divine light.

A Great Emperor-level powerhouse, wearing imperial robes and possessing an aura as vast as an abyss, was respectfully kneeling on one knee.

Before him was a stalwart figure whose face could not be seen, yet was surrounded by the supreme Laws.

“My Lord.”

The Great Emperor powerhouse reported in a low voice.

“The news from the Eastern Heavenly Court has been confirmed. The Ye Family Imperial Scion possesses the perfected and flawless Desolate Ancient Sacred Body.”

That stalwart figure was silent for a moment before a weathered voice rang out.

“Within the Desolate Palace, my fellow clansmen of the Immortal Race are suppressed.”

“To find the Desolate Palace and break the Restriction of the Desolate Palace, only a perfected and flawless Desolate Ancient Sacred Body can do it.”

“He will be our only guiding light to break this situation.”

“Keep a close eye on him...”

“Yes, My Lord!”

The figure of the Great Emperor powerhouse quietly faded away.

To make a Great Emperor act so submissively, the identity of this “Lord” was practically obvious. Could his strength have already surpassed the Emperor Realm?

Had he reached the legendary Heavenly Emperor Domain?

...

“Hmph... Ye Family's Desolate Ancient Sacred Body...”

“Very well. It's time to settle both the old and new scores together...”

...

A year passed quietly.

A full year had gone by since the turmoil of the Secret Realm of Absolute Beginning.

On this day, the doors of the Ye Family Imperial Scion's bedchamber, which had been closed for a year, slowly opened.

Ye Yun emerged from his secluded cultivation.

The aura on his body had undergone an earth-shattering transformation.

God Realm!

This news once again shook the entire upper echelon of the Ye Family.

“With God Realm cultivation, you can challenge the heaven-reaching pagoda up to the twentieth trial.”

In the Ye Family Forbidden Ground, the phantom of the Fifth Ancestor appeared once more. He looked at this junior before him, whose aura had become increasingly steady, his eyes full of gratification.

He personally led Ye Yun to the front of that pitch-black ancient pagoda once again.

“Yun'er, after the tenth trial of the heaven-reaching pagoda, the difficulty increases geometrically.”

“From the eleventh to the fourteenth trial, the gatekeepers are all the imprints of ancestors who were Quasi-Emperors on the verge of proving their Dao.”

“And starting from the fifteenth trial, what you will face are the imprints of the true Great Emperors of our Ye Family's past generations.”

“As for the twentieth trial...”

The Fifth Ancestor's tone became solemn.

“Its gatekeeper is the imprint of a ‘Great Emperor Giant’.”

“A so-called Great Emperor Giant refers to a supreme existence whose cultivation has reached the Fourth Heavenly Layer of the Great Emperor Realm or above. A Peak Great Emperor requires reaching the Seventh Heavenly Layer or above.”

“Yun'er, remember, act within your capabilities.”

Ye Yun listened calmly and nodded.

He took a step forward, and his figure once again vanished into the heaven-reaching pagoda.

The first through tenth trials held no challenge for his current self.

He advanced like a hot knife through butter, making almost no stop before arriving directly at the entrance of the eleventh floor.

This time, he did not use the Saint Eye again.

He wanted to use pure combat to verify the results of his year of secluded cultivation.

The gatekeeper of the eleventh trial was the imprint of a Quasi-Emperor ancestor whose strength was comparable to the Fifth Ancestor, being on the verge of proving their Dao.

Ye Yun used only the Physical Body strength of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, combined with the Sword Dao Divine Abilities he had long since mastered, to engage in a fierce struggle with him.

After experiencing a collision of twenty moves, he threw a punch. His golden blood-Qi power erupted, dispersing that Quasi-Emperor imprint on the spot.

The twelfth trial also ended within twenty moves.

The thirteenth trial, the fourteenth trial...

Ye Yun displayed crushing strength, never exceeding twenty moves for any trial.

He advanced triumphantly and finally arrived at the entrance of the fifteenth trial.

From this trial onward, what he would face were true Great Emperors.

Ye Yun's expression finally became serious.

The gatekeeper of the fifteenth trial was a true Great Emperor's imprint.

Ye Yun went all out. With his three great sword moves and three great Supreme Techniques, combined with the supreme Divine Might of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, he finally managed to arduously obliterate this Great Emperor imprint after a hundred moves of fierce combat.

The battle ended, and Ye Yun had also consumed a huge amount of energy. He sat cross-legged and began to regulate his breathing to recover.

Outside the pagoda, on the viewing platform.

The Fifth Ancestor watched Ye Yun's performance in the water mirror and smiled while stroking his beard.

“Not bad. Yun'er's own cultivation speed is unsurpassed in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, and his combat power is also peerless. To easily suppress a Great Emperor of the same realm is enough to be proud of.”

However, the other Ancient Ancestors saw more.

“He doesn't seem to have used his full strength yet.”

“Indeed, that Saint Eye on his forehead—he hasn't opened it from beginning to end.”

While everyone was discussing, Ye Yun inside the pagoda had already recovered to his Peak.

He stood up and stepped into the sixteenth floor.

The seventeenth floor.

The eighteenth floor.

The nineteenth floor.

Although Ye Yun's speed in clearing the trials slowed down, his steps remained incredibly firm.

In every trial, he fought until he was exhausted, then quickly recovered using a massive amount of resources before continuing the challenge.

Finally, he arrived before the door of the twentieth trial.

Outside the pagoda, the Fifth Ancestor's eyes were full of anticipation.

He knew that the true test had arrived.

“The imprint of a Great Emperor Giant...”

“What kind of surprise will Yun'er bring us this time?”