Eternal Holy Emperor
Chapter 277 - 248 Retreat, Strike at Martial God (Third Update)

Chapter 277: Chapter 248 Retreat, Strike at Martial God (Third Update)

Three days later, Ye Chen left a letter informing Xia Teng and the others before heading to the Academy’s Cultivation Holy Land, letting them know they could find him there for urgent matters.

The Cultivation Holy Land of Tiandu Academy is one of the most important treasures of the Academy, situated in a small world personally created by the Supreme Old Mansion Master, and it is heavily protected.

Ye Chen set off for the deepest part of the Academy, which connected to the Million Mountains outside Tiandu City.

He arrived at a deep valley where there stood a grand and majestic gate, flanked by two white-haired elders seated on Dao Platforms on either side of the gate, appearing as if they were petrified.

Their aura was calm, devoid of any overwhelming pressure, making them seem like ordinary old men, unremarkable in every way.

However, Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and gazed deeply at the two elders, sighing to himself that these were indeed two Peak Nine Realm Martial Gods. Despite their aged appearance, they were immensely powerful, capable of unleashing an extraordinarily fierce strike in an instant.

Assigning Peak Martial Gods to guard the gate indicated how much Tiandu Academy valued the Holy Land.

Ye Chen took out the Holy Land Jade Token, and when the two Old Immortals saw the golden jade talisman, a piercing light instantly burst forth from their dim old eyes, unable to help but turn their gaze upon Ye Chen.

The two Old Immortals knew that this was a six-month Holy Land Jade Talisman, immensely precious. Among the prodigies at the Heavenly Level Academy, none had received such a talisman, only those who had pushed open the Seventh Layer of the Trial Gate were eligible to be granted one by the Academy.

Without a doubt, this young man before them was an exceptional genius.

No longer showing any negligence, the two Old Immortals joined hands to form a seal, casting rays of Divine Light into the void. The space then twisted, opening up a portal to an alternate space, where the Holy Land was located.

"Young friend, please!"

Both elders spoke politely, a behavior that would astonish anyone else observing because these two guarding Old Immortals, even the elders of the Academy, rarely received such polite treatment, let alone from a young junior.

"Thank you, elders," Ye Chen clasped his fists towards them and stepped into the spatial portal.

The next moment, the scenery before his eyes shifted, and in the pitch-black void appeared a majestic and vast palace, imbued with the aura of eons. The patterns and styles of the carvings were ancient, existing for countless years, perhaps even dating back to prehistoric times.

This left Ye Chen slightly taken aback; he had assumed the Holy Land would be a Dao Platform or a Pocket World of sorts, not an Ancient Hall.

Stepping into the grand hall, he saw it was filled with ethereal and opaque nature’s spiritual energy, enhanced by strands of colorful Immortal Light circulating dynamically, an overwhelming surge, a confluence of heaven and earth that seemed to make every pore of the body expand, cleansing oneself, ready for transformation.

"Is this what they call the Holy Land? Indeed, it’s extraordinary. Both the nature’s spiritual energy and other heavenly energies are richer than in other areas, and cultivating here for one day might match over half a month of ordinary cultivation." Even Ye Chen couldn’t help but marvel at the richness of the energy here, so dense it was intoxicating.

Cultivating here would unquestionably enhance one’s Cultivation meteorically, not quite at a rate of a thousand miles in a day but almost, definitely far surpassing any other place by many times, a treasure land not matched by normal Pocket Worlds.

Even to cultivate here for a day and a half would be a great fortune.

Moreover, now that Ye Chen had unlocked the Seventh Layer of the Trial Gate, he could cultivate here for half a year. Undoubtedly, half a year was ample time.

The hall was spacious, ten zhang high and a hundred zhang wide, accommodating many people to cultivate simultaneously.

Inside the hall were several spirit pools carved out, containing the most pure and liquefied nature’s spiritual energy, and even some alien heavenly energies, with pools of Heavenly Earth Power, colorful and dazzling.

All sorts of dense heavenly energies were contained within the Holy Land, truly a dream cultivation spot by all means, living up to its name.

Ye Chen looked around and saw several figures cultivating in various Divine Pools, massive amounts of heavenly energy continuously entering their ears, eyes, nostrils, and mouths, permeating every inch of their bodies.

He recognized many, who were freshmen that had opened the Fourth Level of the Trial Gate; unexpectedly, they had already proceeded to cultivate in the Holy Land so swiftly.

Ye Chen chose a spot at the central area, immersing himself into a Divine Pool next to another person. Sensing the disturbance, the person unhappily opened his eyes, for in the Ancient Hall’s Divine Pools, close proximity cultivation might affect others, which was considered impolite.

However, when he clearly saw that it was Ye Chen, the Young Great Demon King, he was immediately startled and retreated at once, not daring to mess with the Young Great Demon King.

Naturally, Ye Chen’s choice of the central area for cultivation was not without reason, as it gathered more and faster heavenly energy, leaving him no choice but to potentially offend others.

Immersing into the pool of liquefied heavenly energy, Ye Chen sat down with crossed legs and closed his eyes, beginning his cultivation as his Mystical Technique circulated within him.

Without hesitation, he immediately executed the Dao Treasure Bottle Seal, and a black, crystalline Dao Treasure Vase appeared above his head, its mighty aura spreading around, startling the other cultivators who all awoken and recognized the Young Great Demon King.

But Ye Chen was not attacking; as his hand seals changed, the Dao Treasure Vase above his head bobbed up and down, subsequently transforming into a series of Dao Traces, even generating a dark, profound black hole around it, like a bottomless abyss opening its terrifying maw.

Boom——

The entire holy land trembled, the ancient hall shuddered, and the other trialists were horrified to discover a massive black hole forming above Ye Chen’s head in the center of the holy land, which, at that moment, began devouring vast amounts of nature’s spiritual energy from the land.

This suction force was so immense that it directly shook the ancient hall itself.

A powerful divine thought instantly enveloped the area—it was the true guardian of the holy land, hidden in the void, charged with protecting it, and now it had been disturbed.

Ye Chen paid it no heed, his body transforming into a bottomless pit, with boundless swallowing power erupting turbulently and continuously devouring large amounts of heavenly and earthy energy from the holy land.

Every single pore on his body opened completely, each acting like a tiny black hole.

Visibly, streams of dense, almost materially condensed energy were sucked down as pillars of spirit fog light.

This was not ordinary spiritual energy but a sublimated form of heavenly and earthy power, truly exceptional. As Ye Chen devoured these energies, his entire body radiated light radiance, and every inch of his skin shimmered with divine luster.

Half a day later, the divine pool where Ye Chen was situated was emptied; he had ingested all the highly condensed liquid-like heavenly and earthy energy from this pool, which was astonishing.

It should be noted that although it was just one divine pool, it was three feet in width. As the most important holy land of the Tiandu Academy, the ancient hall had a special ability to continuously draw heavenly and earthly energy from the void, constantly transforming and absorbing it, stored within this ancient and mystical hall. Every inch was filled with terrifying energy, let alone the energy in the divine pool, which was even more remarkable.

Merely a cubic meter of this heavenly and earthy energy, nearly capable of materializing into a physical form and turning into spirit liquid with terrifying inner essence, could allow an ordinary Martial God to advance by one or two realms or even make every Innate Peak powerhouse burst.

This was no exaggeration but a reality formed from the accumulated external heavenly and earthy energy stored over the ages in the holy land, not knowing how terrifying the inner essence had become.

There were even reserves of energy left from ancient times.

Over so many years, the spiritual energy stored in the holy land had reached an unimaginably terrifying level.

Yet now, Ye Chen had been cultivating for just half a day, and the heavenly and earthy energy of the divine pool had been completely devoured. Even the guardian who protected the holy land was shocked—what kind of monster was this youngster, having devoured so much heavenly and earthy energy and yet remained perfectly fine.

At the same time, his eyebrows kept twitching, as an entire divine pool had just disappeared...

Stream after stream of physicalized energy incessantly passed through 36,000 tiny pores, continuously flowing into Ye Chen’s body, allowing him to transform and absorb it.

In fact, this fast rate of absorption was only at the beginning. Towards the later stages, the rate of absorption had slowed down quite a bit, but compared to other cultivators, his rate was still astonishingly fast, with streams of heavenly and earthy energy continuously flowing into his body, his aura quietly becoming stronger and more formidable.

Everyone thought Ye Chen would soon break through, having absorbed so much heavenly and earthy energy, but in reality, contradicting all expectations, three days later, when the time limit for the other cultivators was up, Ye Chen was still absorbing. Although the speed had decreased, he was still in the process, with no signs of a breakthrough.

He continuously maintained absorption, leaving others both shocked and sighing. Truly worthy of being the Young Great Demon King, he continued to absorb tremendous amounts of heavenly and earthy energia without any complications, setting a standard far out of reach for others.

The Holy Land Guardian continuously kept an immovable watch over Ye Chen, eager to know what kind of breakthrough he was striving towards.

Five days later, Ye Chen was still absorbing...

Ten days later...

Half a month later...

Days turned to months, and in the blink of an eye, two months had passed. During this period, cultivators from the Holy Land came and went in batches; even Xia Teng, Xia Yang, and others came to cultivate. They came and left without disturbing Ye Chen’s cultivation, simply cultivating beside him.

However, Ye Chen had been in deep cultivation all along, seemingly having completely sunk into a deep sleep, his eyes not even once opened.

Were it not for the Holy Land Guardian seeing the persistent black hole over Ye Chen’s head, constantly absorbing spiritual energy autonomously, and sensing the vitality within his body, he might have thought something untoward had occurred.

After being shocked, he became numb and no longer frequently checked on him, assuming his usual duty of guarding the holy land.

In Tiandu Academy, Ye Chen’s emergence was like a fleeting blossom; briefly shining with stunning brilliance, then completely disappearing, returning everything to normal.

But within the Heavenly Level Academy, no one dared to oppress Xia Teng, Vivian, and others anymore, as Ye Chen’s influence lingered; everyone knew that Ye Chen was still deep in cultivation within the holy land.

On this day, a strong presence erupted within the academies of the Three Great Empires and the five super forces of the Martial God Temple, startling all the super forces.

The Five Great Ancient Heroes had emerged from seclusion.