491: Chapter 491 The Heavenly Emperor (56)

A Major Achievement in a Supreme Physique allows one to defy and slay a Great Emperor.

The Eastern Emperor realized this.

The silver-grey Holy Light in his left eye swirled rapidly as he scanned all the surviving Prodigies present, his voice hoarse.

"Among those present, whose Physique belongs to the Supreme Physique?"

"And after reaching Major Achievement, how many can possess the battle power to defy and slay a Great Emperor?"

Among those present, the number of people who truly possess a Supreme Physique, at most, does not exceed seven.

Ye Yun, Desolate Ancient Sacred Body.

Xiang Tian, Heavenly Tyrant Body.

A youth from the Southern Heavenly Court possessing the Great Desolate Sacred Body.

A female Cultivator from the Western Heavenly Court with the Profound Yellow Sacred Body.

As well as three other Prodigies with Supreme Physiques from different Emperor Clans.

Seven people.

That youth from the Southern Heavenly Court with the Great Desolate Sacred Body gave a bitter smile.

"My Great Desolate Sacred Body has not even firmly reached Minor Achievement. It is 108,000 li away from Major Achievement."

The female Cultivator with the Profound Yellow Sacred Body from the Western Heavenly Court also shook her head, saying nothing.

The expressions of the others were similar.

Minor Achievement. All were at Minor Achievement.

The distance to Major Achievement was like an impassable chasm.

The flicker of hope that had just ignited was doused by a bucket of ice water.

Someone let out a suppressed low roar.

"Then what is the use of saying all this! Everyone is at Minor Achievement, who can defy and slay a Great Emperor? Who can break through the Restriction?"

"Just wait for death!"

The atmosphere in the treasure hall fell to the bottom once again.

The Eastern Emperor's voice interrupted the spread of despair.

"Join forces."

"Gather the power of all the Supreme Physiques together to strike at the Restriction."

This proposal made many people's eyes light up.

If one person cannot do it, what about seven people?

With the power of seven Supreme Physiques stacked together, it might not be impossible to touch the threshold of a Great Emperor.

Ye Yun did not refuse. He glanced at Xiang Tian, who also nodded.

The seven quickly gathered in front of the hall gate.

Ye Yun stood in the center, fully activating his Desolate Ancient Sacred Body.

Golden smoke of Qi and blood soared into the sky.

Xiang Tian stood to his left, erupting with his Heavenly Tyrant Body, bronze-colored divine radiance exploding outward.

The other five occupied their own positions, pushing their respective Saint Body Origin to the limit.

The power of the seven Supreme Physiques intersected and collided in the Void Realm, attempting to fuse.

"Merge!"

The Eastern Emperor directed from the side, with the Heaven-Chasing Saint Eye assisting in coordination.

The seven beams of light twisted together, condensing into a mixed torrent of energy, slamming into the Restriction on the hall gate.

Boom!

The hall gate shook.

"It's effective! Continue!"

Someone shouted excitedly.

The seven gritted their teeth, squeezing their Origin to the very last bit.

However, after the crack expanded to the size of a fist, it stopped.

The restoration speed of the Restriction caught up with their destruction speed.

The crack healed again.

The seven were simultaneously knocked back by the rebound force, stumbling back, all with pale faces.

The youth with the Great Desolate Sacred Body knelt on one knee, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

"Not enough... it's too far off..."

His voice trembled.

"Seven Minor Achievements added together are only at the level of a Saint King. It's more than one level away from the Great Emperor level."

This path of joining forces was also a dead end.

"That's not right." Xiang Tian's voice rang out. He stared at Ye Yun.

"Have you noticed?" He pointed at Ye Yun. "His Desolate Ancient Sacred Body is different from ours."

Upon hearing this, the youth with the Great Desolate Sacred Body probed Ye Yun with his Divine Thought. A moment later, his expression changed.

"This..."

The female Cultivator with the Profound Yellow Sacred Body from the Western Heavenly Court also finished her perception at the same time; she looked up, staring at Ye Yun in disbelief.

"His Saint Body Origin... is thicker than all of ours combined."

"And the degree of concentration... can no longer be described by Minor Achievement."

"This is clearly..."

Xiang Tian nodded heavily. "That's right. Among everyone present, only Ye Yun's Desolate Ancient Sacred Body is just one step away from Major Achievement."

"He is the only hope."

The treasure hall fell into silence.

Those surviving Prodigies, regardless of which Orthodoxy they came from, all cast their gazes toward the white-clothed youth covered in blood.

But what followed was an even deeper sense of powerlessness.

The distance between "just one step away" and "Major Achievement" is sometimes wider than a bottomless abyss.

Countless Prodigies exhaust their entire lives without being able to take that final step.

Let alone in this desperate situation where they are trapped within the celestial emperor remains' Restriction and could be crushed at any moment.

How can that final step be taken?

Ye Yun's heart was equally heavy.

He knew his own state better than anyone.

His Desolate Ancient Sacred Body was indeed at the Peak of Minor Achievement, but the primordial sacred fluid needed for Major Achievement was still nowhere to be found.

Without that crucial spiritual item, he could not complete the final transformation.

Even a clever housewife cannot cook without rice.

Just as everyone fell into silence. Above. Hum!

The faint green flames in the eye sockets of the North Sea Heavenly Emperor's celestial emperor remains suddenly surged.

After the remnants of the North Sea Heavenly Emperor's consciousness completely dissipated, the eerie power no longer had any constraints and regained full control.

The celestial emperor remains moved.

This time, its movements were more decisive and colder than before.

It struck down with a palm. Boom!

An area on the west side of the treasure hall collapsed directly, and the dozens of Prodigies standing there didn't even have time to react before turning into blood mist.

It lifted its foot and took a step forward. Where its foot landed, the ground cracked, and the shockwave spread in all directions like a tsunami.

Dozens more lives vanished.

The hall gate could not be opened. The Restriction could not be broken. The elders outside knew nothing.

The celestial emperor-level Restriction completely isolated all aura fluctuations and distress signals.

No one was coming to save them.

The celestial emperor remains threw a punch, and three Prodigies from the Northern Heavenly Court took the punch head-on, their bodies exploding in mid-air.

Some Prodigies had a mental breakdown.

A young Cultivator sat paralyzed in a pool of blood, his eyes hollow, muttering something repeatedly.

"I don't want to die... I don't want to die..."

A fellow disciple beside him held him, trembling all over.

In another corner, two Senior Brothers from the same Orthodoxy sat back-to-back.

The Senior Brother clutched a broken communication jade talisman in his hand, pressing it over and over again.

No signal. Not a single message could be sent out.

Despair enveloped everyone.

The attacks of the celestial emperor remains continued. The death toll was skyrocketing.

Xiang Tian dragged his scarred body, using his Heavenly Tyrant Body to withstand a shockwave from the celestial emperor remains, pulling a dozen people behind him back from the line of death.

When he landed, his left leg could no longer support him, and he knelt on one knee, bronze-colored Tyrant blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.

On the very edge of the crowd, beside a broken stone pillar, Su Wan lay there.

Her face was pale, her robes soaked with blood at her chest, her breath weak.

She had been affected by the previous shockwave from the celestial emperor remains.

Her surviving until now was entirely due to Xiang Tian risking his life to block it in front of her earlier. But she could not hold on much longer.

Xiang Tian stared at Su Wan's pale face for a long time. Then he stood up.

His left leg was broken, so he supported himself with his right leg.

His gaze changed. It was no longer the pure Battle Intent from before. It was a kind of determination.

He walked step by step to Ye Yun's front.

"I have a way to make the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body reach Major Achievement."

Xiang Tian's voice was not loud. But in this chaos, every word clearly reached everyone's ears.

Everyone looked at him.

Xiang Tian ignored those gazes. He only looked at Ye Yun.

"Ye Yun, your Desolate Ancient Sacred Body is only one step away from Major Achievement."

"I have a way to help you cross it."

Ye Yun's brows furrowed slightly.

Someone scoffed aloud.

"Talking big at a time like this, he must be crazy."

"How could Major Achievement be that easy? If it could be achieved just by flapping one's lips, the Three Thousand Dao Provinces would have been full of Great Emperors long ago."

Xiang Tian ignored them. He took a deep breath and said something shocking.

"In the oldest classics of my Hegemon Palace, there is a passage listed as taboo."

"Regarding the ultimate truth about the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body and the Heavenly Tyrant Body."

The hall instantly quieted down. Even those Prodigies who had already suffered a mental breakdown now lifted their heads, looking at him blankly.

Xiang Tian's voice was very calm, as if he were narrating something unrelated to himself.

"The Three Thousand Dao Provinces know that the Heavenly Tyrant Body lineage and the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body lineage have been mortal enemies since ancient times. Both Physiques are the pinnacle of the pure Physical Body Dao."

"But very few people know that the two are not simply opposing."

He paused.

"The Sacred Body and the Tyrant Body are like Yin and Yang, existing as the exterior and interior of each other. Both are two sides of the same Physical Body Dao, fundamentally sharing the same Origin."

"Precisely because they are homologous and complementary, the Tyrant Body can catalyze Major Achievement by devouring the Saint Body Origin. The reverse is also true. The Sacred Body can complete its final transformation by devouring the Tyrant Body Origin."

His voice was very soft. But every word was as heavy as a thousand jun.

"This is a taboo method that neither lineage has dared to attempt for countless eras."

As his voice fell, everyone remained silent. Everyone understood the meaning of Xiang Tian's words.

"My Heavenly Tyrant Body, although also at the realm of Minor Achievement, even if I were to devour the Origin of any Sacred Body Prodigy present, my Tyrant Body would still be too far from Major Achievement."

"Not enough. Far from enough."

"But you are different." His gaze returned to Ye Yun.

"Your Desolate Ancient Sacred Body is already at the extreme of Minor Achievement. Only one step away."

"Major Achievement is right before your eyes."

He reached out and patted his own chest. The bronze-colored Heavenly Tyrant Body divine radiance flickered slightly under his palm.

"And I, the Heavenly Tyrant Body."

"Happens to be your most perfect food."

"My method is."

"Eat me."