Eternal Holy Emperor
Chapter 272 - 243: Year 9 (Third Update)

Chapter 272: Chapter 243: Year 9 (Third Update)

"As peers among ancient heroes, another who, even if not an ancient hero, is the world-famous Young Great Demon King. Their strengths hardly differ, and the gap between them is very small. Unless they truly engage in a life-and-death battle, it seems that such a fight would hardly determine a definite winner or loser—

Very difficult!

The five young supreme beings each stood in different areas of the void, their auras still unparalleled and mighty, with Divine Light Columns rising from the tops of their skulls into the sky, their overwhelming presence dispersing the clouds above, colliding with each other, causing a continuous rumble, shaking the void.

This caused the world to marvel at the divine power of the five young supreme beings. Just their pressure alone was already frightening, a mere exchange of moves seemed like it could destroy the world, one could hardly imagine how terrifying a real life-and-death battle would be.

However, the five young supreme beings each held their ground in the void, looking at each other, facing off, and no longer making a move.

They all understood each other’s capabilities. To be deemed equal by their peers was the open verdict. Naturally, each undoubtedly had extraordinary, secret methods with even more terrifying lethal power, like the Young Great Demon King’s strength-enhancing secret technique, which could instantly boost a great amount of combat power, exerting the ability to dominate and banish.

But how could the other young supreme beings be much less?

Nevertheless, it was clear that at this point, all the young supreme beings had ceased fighting, not wanting to expose their trump cards too early.

Long Guao first swept his gaze across the three ancient heroes, then looked toward Ye Chen, nodded, and said, "Ye Chen, I recognize you."

This was a form of recognition from an ancient hero, recognition amongst peers of the same era.

One must know that these ancient heroes are the most dazzling of their kind, unrivaled in their generation, and likely only peers who were also ancient heroes could earn their recognition. Yet in this era, a Young Great Demon King had emerged, compelling the ancient heroes to acknowledge his strength as worthy to stand shoulder to shoulder with them, to engage in a life-and-death battle.

It could be said that this was a great honor, at least the highest recognition for the younger generation. Otherwise, even a young Martial God like Xia Yang would not be entitled to such recognition.

"Ye Chen, I recognize you."

"I also recognize you!"

"Among the young generation of this era, only you are worthy of our recognition."

The other three ancient heroes successively voiced their recognition of Ye Chen, acknowledging his potential, acknowledging his strength.

This made countless youths feel a surge of passionate excitement, wishing they could take Ye Chen’s place and receive such supreme honor.

Ye Chen’s expression was not as exhilarated and boiling with blood as people imagined. He remained as calm and composed as ever. Perhaps for him, such recognition was unnecessary because he was already the strongest of his generation.

He nodded slightly, calmly accepting the recognition. The other four ancient heroes showed no surprise. If Ye Chen had felt thrilled and excited about this recognition, he wouldn’t have been worthy of it in their eyes.

Yang Wushuang strode forward, his whole body’s golden light receding inward, as he approached Ye Chen. He extended his palm, a sincere and unaffected smile on his handsome face: "Ye Chen, you really are strong. I have to admit, your strength makes me wary, but you are also a respectable and formidable opponent."

Ye Chen smiled in return, reaching out his hand as well, and they shook hands with each other in a peaceful manner. He said, "Yang Wushuang, you truly are unrivaled, your strength is very impressive."

Then, the other three ancient heroes also reined in their auras. As the strongest of the young generation, with comparable strength among them, it was difficult to determine victory or defeat without a real life-and-death battle. At this moment, they all felt a sense of mutual respect, exchanging smiles with a sense of camaraderie.

This scene caused Ye Chen to reflect on many, many things.

"With such a harmonious scene, why not add myself to the mix?" A hearty laugh rang out, and a refined and handsome young man appeared from the void, exuding a sense of calm, like a scholar. However, his arrival made everyone take notice.

They were all young supreme beings, with extremely sharp senses, able to feel the strength of this man, who was probably not much weaker than themselves, and they immediately understood his origins.

Yet Long Guao still unleashed a Golden Dragon Energy, sweeping through Changkong, taking the initiative to strike towards the mysterious and refined young man.

The refined young man merely smiled lightly, appearing unflustered, and his hands moved through the air with an ethereal glow. With an unpredictable Heavenly Mechanism at play, the Golden Dragon Energy seemed to lose its direction, as if it had not seen him at all, and flew past, making the attack successful.

This amazed onlookers, confirming the stranger’s strength, as formidable as any of them, if not an ancient hero, then who else could it be?

Yang Wushuang said, "Could you be Yuan Jiu?""

The refined young man smiled slightly, as if bathed in the spring breeze, a rather harmonious man with a temperament of being at peace with the world, saying, "I am indeed Yuan Jiu!"

After receiving the answer, many students below were shocked, and the elders, instructors, and Supreme Elders were all startled, not expecting that even Yuan Jiu had chosen to step into the world. He had always sealed himself away, thinking he would leave it to future generations to emerge.

Of the Five Young Supreme Beings, Yuan Jiu was not only an Ancient Hero sealed by Tiandu Academy but also the successor of the Great Prophet, which was no simple matter.

Yang Wushuang then inquired about this matter. Yuan Jiu, very calm, did not dodge the question and nodded with a smile, "What you said is not wrong; I have indeed inherited the legacy of the Great Prophet from the Ancient Era. But everyone should not think of it as too formidable, as the art of prophecy actually has great limitations and taboos. There are many things that cannot be anticipated, cannot be predicted. It’s just that occasionally, an epiphany strikes, and I catch a glimpse of a corner of the future."

He spoke frankly, without the slightest concealment, which startled the others.

Seeing the confusion of the few, Yuan Jiu sighed slightly, "The battle of Heaven Punishment is of great importance, and you are all the real main force in the future battle. I truly do not want to conceal anything and am willing to contribute my due strength for the battle to come."

Mentioning the battle of Heaven Punishment, everyone felt a heaviness and pressure.

Although the Ancient Heroes were proud and arrogant, they also understood the true horror of the Alien Race Divine Beings, as they had recently experienced their terror.

Divine Beings are too powerful, and the Alien Race’s Divine Beings are not limited to a mere few. Merely from the situation during the battle that crossed realms, it was understood that in terms of the number of Divine Beings, they outnumber those of the Tiandu Continent.

Moreover, several of these Divine Beings were supremely powerful, and even the Supreme Divine Beings of the Tiandu Continent found them quite difficult to deal with. Without having truly crossed realms, they had already inflicted harm on our Divine Beings, making them hard to handle. It was unknown how much more terrifying it would be when they actually descended.

If not for this being their home ground, with the blessing of the Origin of Heaven and Earth, it would probably be even more difficult.

In this life, their unsealing into the world had reasons and carried significant responsibility, needing to surpass the Divine Beings in this era and to save the entire Tiandu Continent from misery.

Suddenly, Yuan Jiu turned to Ye Chen and said, "Brother Ye, you are very mysterious, your fate shrouded in a fog of mystery, impenetrable, inscrutable, elusive like Chaos."

The crowd was astonished, as the Great Prophet was mysterious and powerful. For any creature, no matter how strong, some clues could be seen. But Ye Chen’s fate was surprisingly full of mist, impenetrable, inscrutable, which was astonishing.

But Ye Chen was not surprised, for he was the reincarnation of a Supreme Being, with a hard fate and extraordinary birth, possessing an unusual origin, making it impossible for Yuan Jiu to see through his fate.

Li Taixu asked, "Brother Ye, dare I ask, what place does the Trial Gate lead to?"

This point was surprising, as amongst those present, only Ye Chen had truly pushed a gap and glimpsed a corner.

"I only saw a corner; it is a mysterious Great World, like Primordial, inhabited by many terrible Great Demons, as well as an ever-standing Sky City, with ten suns suspended in the sky. But I can only say this world is very terrifying, and I do not recommend venturing into it."

Ye Chen said with slight concealment, but what he said was true. Indeed, it was a quite terrifying Great World, capable of having mountain-thick Jiao Dragons and sky-covering Rocs spreading their wings in flight, not inferior to Divine Beings, with the power to obliterate the world.

But there were some things he concealed, not wanting to share with others, and their knowledge of it was not necessarily beneficial.

Hearing this, the Ancient Heroes revealed their astonishment, finding it hard to believe, and said, "Brother Ye, are these words true? Brother Ye, do not be angry, we are just too shocked."

Ye Chen shook his head, "I am not angry, but I do not recommend venturing into this mysterious world right away, as it could possibly bring disaster. But it could be explored slowly in the future, and it is not necessarily a bad place for Tiandu Continent."

The Ancient Heroes looked at each other, finding Ye Chen’s words somewhat odd, as if he was somewhat familiar with that mysterious world beyond the Trial Gate.

Ye Chen offered no explanation and continued, "However, the world within the Trial Gate does allow Primordial Spirit Spiritual Energy to drift out, and long-term cultivation through it would be greatly beneficial to the Primordial Spirit, making it much more powerful, and deepening one’s understanding of the Dao."

"Good, I also want to see the wonders of that world. Since we’ve all come here, let me try to push it open." Yang Wushuang stood up, the first to arrive at the Eighth Level of the Trial Gate.

This time, no one else tried to stop him. Setting aside their previous grudges, they had invisibly become friends.

Yang Wushuang let out a shout, and his body was immediately filled with a surging Golden Radiance, shaking Changkong, exerting force to push open the Trial Gate.

Boom! The heavy Trial Gate was slowly pushed open, with specks of Primordial Spirit Spiritual Energy drifting out, absorbed by Yang Wushuang. His Primordial Spirit Light grew stronger, but he paid it no heed, casting his gaze into the slit revealing a corner of that mysterious world.