Under the imperial aura, Xuan Qiong's divine soul disintegrated inch by inch. Ultimately, leaving behind only a shrill scream of extreme agony, it completely dissipated into the boundless darkness of the sea of consciousness, without even a trace of a remnant soul left behind.
Meanwhile, Ye Chuan stood frozen on the spot, his face full of utter bewilderment.
"Wait, I haven't even made a move yet?"
"How strange, how did he get refined?"
Ye Chuan scratched his head, looking completely puzzled.
He had no idea what had just happened within the chaotic mist. All he knew was that when his divine sense probed inside, he found that the other party had turned straight into an experience pack.
When he refined Wu Cang and Wu Qiandu, two Ascension Realm experts, it had at least taken some effort. Even after using cognitive corruption to weaken them first, he still had to exchange a few blows head-on before finally taking them into the Human Emperor Banner.
But this Xuan Qiong, who was after all a mighty figure half a step into the immortal path, just dropped dead with a snap before even touching the core of his divine soul.
"So I prepared all that for nothing?" Ye Chuan found it a bit odd.
"Forget it."
"Since it's already here, I shouldn't let it go to waste."
Ye Chuan smiled and waved his hand. The Human Emperor Banner, interwoven with golden light and black energy, instantly appeared in his sea of consciousness.
The banner fluttered noisily, swallowing that mass of divine soul in a single gulp.
[Absorbing the divine soul of a Half-Immortal. The Human Emperor Banner is undergoing a transformation...]
[Human Emperor Banner -> World Suppressing Banner]
The moment the system prompt faded, the entire Human Emperor Banner erupted with a dazzling black light!
The originally golden banner completely turned into a chaotic profound black. The skull patterns on the surface transformed into a map of the cosmic stars, mountains, and rivers!
Countless Dao runic symbols flowed across the banner. A terrifying pressure capable of suppressing heaven and earth slowly radiated from it, completely merging with Ye Chuan's chaotic origin.
With a mere thought from Ye Chuan, the World Suppressing Banner turned into a stream of light and integrated into the core of his divine soul.
He could clearly feel that his control over his divine soul and his perception of the worldly Dao principles had skyrocketed by dozens of times over.
"Oh?"
Ye Chuan raised an eyebrow and simply stopped suppressing his cultivation, completely fusing Xuan Qiong's origin Dao principles with the power of chaos.
Might as well break through.
[Currently breaking through to the Ascension Realm...]
[Due to your special physique, please survive the heavenly tribulation.]
The moment the system prompt sounded, the outside world suddenly changed color!
...
At the top of the heavenly ladder, the golden light curtain that had originally enveloped Ye Chuan had long since vanished without a trace.
Just as the cultivators in the plaza were still filled with anxiety, guessing whether Ye Chuan had been successfully possessed or if an accident had occurred, the sky of the entire small world was suddenly torn apart by a terrifying force!
Crack!!!
A deafening thunderclap boomed from beyond the torn sky!
Countless purple-black lightning bolts surged madly behind the sky like angry dragons. A terrifying heavenly might, enough to overturn heaven and earth and make even Ascension Realm mighty figures tremble, swept across the entire small world like a tsunami!
"Hea... Heavenly tribulation! It's the Ascension heavenly tribulation!!"
"Holy Master Ye... he's going to break through to the Ascension Realm in this small world?!"
"This is crazy! This is the small world of the mighty Xuan Qiong! Triggering the Ascension heavenly tribulation here, does he want to overturn the entire small world?!"
The cultivators in the plaza instantly erupted in chaos. With pale faces, they desperately retreated, wanting to get away from the core area of the heavenly tribulation.
Even Master Taichu and the Sword Master, who had just stabilized their injuries, instantly had drastic changes in their expressions. They abruptly looked up at the torn sky, their eyes filled with extreme horror.
They had never seen such a terrifying heavenly tribulation!
The power of the lightning gathered behind the sky was more than a hundred times stronger than an ordinary Ascension heavenly tribulation!
How could this be a heavenly tribulation for a Tribulation Crossing Realm breaking through to the Ascension Realm? Even an immortal tribulation of a peak Ascension Realm expert charging towards the upper realm would be nothing more than this!
"Not good! The power of this heavenly tribulation will completely tear the entire small world to shreds!" Master Taichu spread out his Dao principles with all his might, wanting to protect Ji Lingxuan and the disciples of the Taichu Holy Land beside him.
"Everyone gather immediately! Circulate your spiritual energy to protect yourselves! Hurry!"
But as soon as his voice fell, the first heavenly tribulation had already descended!
It was a purple-black chaotic divine lightning bolt, a thousand fathoms thick, carrying the might to destroy everything. It crashed down from the torn sky, aiming straight at Ye Chuan at the top of the heavenly ladder!
Boom!!!!
The moment the divine lightning fell, the entire small world trembled violently!
The plaza where the heavenly ladder was located instantly shattered. The grand array laid down by Xuan Qiong couldn't even hold on for a single breath before being completely crushed by the aftermath of the divine lightning!
Yet Ye Chuan, who was right in the center of the heavenly tribulation, still stood on the spot, not even moving an inch.
He didn't even activate his protective spiritual energy, just allowing that chaotic divine lightning, which was enough to instantly kill an ordinary Ascension Realm expert, to smash fiercely onto his body.
The Chaotic Indestructible Body was instantly activated. The moment that terrifying power of the divine lightning touched his body, it was instantly swallowed and refined by the chaotic origin, feeding back into his cultivation.
The barrier that was originally about to break through shattered with a loud bang under the impact of the divine lightning!
[You have entered the early stage of the Ascension Realm!]
[The Chaotic Indestructible Body has advanced to perfection! Immune to all spells, indestructible through all tribulations!]
[You have mastered the origin laws of the Profound Sky Continent and can freely mobilize the worldly Dao principles!]
The aura around Ye Chuan skyrocketed explosively!
The pressure of the Ascension Realm swept across the entire small world like a tsunami, then pierced through the barrier of the small world, covering the entire four divine continents of the Profound Sky Continent!
Countless cultivators in seclusion and hidden patriarchs all trembled under this pressure, involuntarily kneeling on the ground and worshipping in the direction of the Endless Demon Sea.
Meanwhile, above the sky, even more terrifying heavenly tribulations continued to fall endlessly.
The second bolt, the third bolt... the ninth bolt!
Nine bolts of chaotic divine lightning crashed down one after another, each one more terrifying than the last. Under the frantic bombardment of the divine lightning, the entire Xuan Qiong small world was completely torn apart!
Mountains shattered, long rivers stopped flowing, and the spatial barriers collapsed inch by inch. Those low-level cultivators who didn't have time to dodge, even with their sect elders protecting them, had their divine souls scattered by the aftermath of the heavenly tribulation and perished on the spot.
Only Ye Chuan stood in the center of the crumbling heaven and earth, like an eternally unchanging demon god. All the divine lightning that fell on him was completely swallowed up by him, instead making his cultivation increasingly stable and his aura increasingly majestic.
The moment the ninth divine lightning fell, the entire Xuan Qiong small world completely disintegrated into a sky full of fragments.
[You have entered the middle stage of the Ascension Realm!]
[You have entered the late stage of the Ascension Realm!]
[You have entered the perfect stage of the Ascension Realm!]
Soon, a gentle spatial force enveloped all the surviving cultivators and teleported them out, sending them back to the suspended platform at the edge of the Endless Demon Sea.
On the suspended platform of the Endless Demon Sea, lights flashed in succession. Countless cultivators fell to the ground in a sorry state, their faces pale as they looked up at the center of the Demon Sea in lingering fear.
There, the fragments of the shattered small world were still continuously dissipating, and a black-robed figure was slowly walking out from the void.
Ye Chuan stood with his hands behind his back. He did not emit the slightest bit of oppressive aura, yet the entire atmosphere of the Endless Demon Sea obediently receded beneath his feet. All the Dao principles of heaven and earth gently rose and fell in tandem with his breathing.
He simply stood quietly in the void, yet it was as if he had become the sole center of this world.
The platform instantly fell into a deathly silence.
Everyone's gazes uniformly fell upon Ye Chuan. Their eyes were filled with extreme awe, worship, and shock, not even daring to breathe too loudly.
Master Taichu was the first to react. He stepped forward quickly,
"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Ye, on successfully breaking through to the Ascension Realm! A peerless genius, the only one in all eternity, this old man is utterly convinced!"
The Sword Master followed closely behind. Stowing away the seven ancient swords on his back, he bowed to Ye Chuan. His voice no longer held the slightest bit of its previous aloofness, leaving only absolute reverence:
"Congratulations, Holy Lord Ye. From this day forward, the Holy Lord is the undisputed number one person in our Tianxuan Continent!"
"Congratulations, Holy Lord Ye!!"
"The Holy Lord's divine might is unparalleled through the ages!!"
"We are willing to revere Holy Lord Ye as the absolute ruler of Tianxuan, and we will follow your every command!!"
As soon as Master Taichu and the Sword Master spoke, the sect masters of the major holy lands, the ancestors of the great families, and the cultivators of the hidden sects on the platform instantly reacted. They fell to their knees one after another, bowing to Ye Chuan in the void.
The deafening sounds of congratulations echoed throughout the entire Endless Demon Sea, lingering for a long time.
Even those sects that had previously harbored grievances against Ye Chuan did not dare to show the slightest neglect at this moment, desperately expressing their respect.
"...?"
Ye Chuan looked at the sea of cultivators kneeling below, only just now slowly coming back to his senses.
Hmm?
Why is everyone kneeling?
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
