In Ye Chen's senses, in the distant White Lotus Divine Prefecture, within a nameless cave dwelling, on the majestic Heavenly Path Mountain, on the third step of the stone steps, a figure stood shakily. This figure was covered in blood and his arm was broken. Blood flowed from his arm to his fingertips and dripped to the ground.
He stood at the top of the stone steps, as if a boulder was pressing down on his shoulders. He gasped for breath and his body was drenched in sweat. He bent his body and stood on the stone steps, looking at the crystal ball not far away. His eyes could not hide his ecstasy and determination.
"Finally, I've reached …"
The avatar Ye Chen let out a tired laugh. Then, he gathered all the strength in his body, bit his lips, clenched his fists, and walked towards the floating crystal ball.
One step, one step …
With every step he took, a bright red footprint was left behind. It was a shocking sight on the pure white ground.
The avatar Ye Chen gasped for breath and swayed. Finally, he arrived in front of the crystal ball. He slowly stretched out his hand and pressed it against the crystal ball.
It was cold to the touch.
Then, a vigorous energy came out of the crystal ball and poured into Ye Chen's body through his palm. Ye Chen's body, which was originally sore and tired, seemed to be injected with vitality in an instant, and he actually became a little better.
From the crystal ball, a phantom slowly floated out and floated in the air. This was a vague and imposing figure. His appearance could not be seen clearly, but he had a domineering aura that seemed to look down on everything in the world. He stood proudly in the world, making it unforgettable.
"You're here …" When the figure saw Ye Chen, there was a hint of gentleness in his voice as he said, "It's not easy to come here with your own strength. This is the secret to the third layer of the Heavenly Dao Scripture. You can practice it yourself!"
As he spoke, he pointed his finger. A mysterious rune spun out from his fingertip and imprinted itself between the avatar Ye Chen's eyebrows, penetrating into the depths of his soul.
The moment the imprint was engraved, a vast and majestic amount of information gushed into Ye Chen, filling up his entire brain's memory cells. It took quite a while for Ye Chen's clone to sort out this amount of information.
Because they shared the same soul, in the distant Yanshen Empire's Top Grade Genius Hall headquarters, Ye Chen's mind was in a daze. It took him a long time to recover. Then, he quickly sorted out his thoughts and practiced the secret to the Heavenly Path Scripture.
In the Heavenly Path Mountain, after the illusory figure imparted this finger technique, his figure floated slightly and disappeared. He didn't say much.
After obtaining the secret manual, the avatar Ye Chen heaved a sigh of relief. He lay sprawled on the ground and looked at the gray sky. His chest rose and fell as he smiled.
"This is the third layer!"
In Villa 18 at the mountainside, Ye Chen looked at the secret manual for the third layer of the Heavenly Path Scripture in his mind. He felt that it was extremely mysterious. There were tens of millions of words of explanation. There was also the principle of every process, the cultivation method, the matching environment, the best cultivation location, and so on.
Ye Chen's brainwaves were extremely powerful. With a quick scan, he finished reading the secret manual of tens of millions of words. With all the secrets in his mind, he quickly started cultivating.
"The cultivation of the Heavenly Path Scripture isn't difficult. It's not like the secret manuals of Blind Sky and Nine Palaces that require one to comprehend every step. In the Heavenly Path Scripture, all the secrets are explained in great detail. There's no need to comprehend them. One just has to follow the instructions.
"When I first obtained the first and second layers, I learned them almost immediately.
"The third layer is slightly more complicated, but I should be able to learn it completely in a few days."
Ye Chen's eyes lit up. Once he successfully cultivated the third layer of the Heavenly Path Scripture, the amplification of his secret manual would increase by another tenfold!
Just how terrifying would that be?
With a tap of his finger, the Source Crystal Grass that had always been in his body came out. He had obtained the Source Crystal Grass from the Xuanyuan Divine Tomb, and it had been hiding in his body all this while. It had been absorbing the demigod energy from the second layer of the Heavenly Path Scripture, compressing the demigod energy by a hundredfold. As such, the growth of the Source Crystal Grass was extremely fast, and it quickly reached the Semi-Divinity realm.
With a thought, Ye Chen instructed the Source Crystal Grass to slowly channel the massive amount of demigod energy stored in its body into his body.
When cultivating the Heavenly Path Scripture, a large amount of demigod energy was required to compress and refine it.
The Source Crystal Grass stretched out from Ye Chen's skin, and a small tentacle-like vine touched Ye Chen's chest. The tip of the green tentacle-like vine flickered with a faint red light as pure demigod energy was rapidly channeled into Ye Chen's body. Under the circulation of the Heavenly Path Scripture, the demigod energy was constantly being devoured and compressed.
Time flew by …
Five days had passed, and the entire Yanshen Empire and thousands of vassal states were filled with a tense atmosphere. Everyone had gone home early, sat in front of the LCD TV, and switched to the Central Channel of the Yanshen Empire to broadcast the final battle.
In another world where the Blazing Dragon Palace resided, there was a huge star in the middle of the stars. It was twice the size of the sun, and its mass was 180,000 times that of the sun.
This was the Heavenly Dragon Star!
The final battle between all the geniuses of the Blazing Dragon Palace would take place on the Heavenly Dragon Star!
At this moment, on the Heavenly Dragon Star, a vast battle platform was built in the middle of the mountains. It was vast and boundless, and it was difficult to see it. This battle platform was guarded by eight stone pillars, and each stone pillar was engraved with mysterious runes that flickered with a mysterious energy.
At this moment, many figures swarmed around the battle platform. They were all reporters and photographers from major newspapers and news agencies.
The reporters who were able to enter this place were all from powerful and ancient companies. There was no noise at all. Everyone was filming quietly. There was a silencer on the high-grade sensitive camera, so it did not make any sound when filming.
In addition, on the floating chairs above the battle platform, there were twenty to thirty figures, all of them leaning casually on the floating chairs. Some were over eighty years old, some were handsome but had a hunchback, some were short but full of wrinkles. They all looked like a group of strange people, and only a few of them looked normal.
The entire country's image was fixed on the battle platform through the cameras.
As the minutes and seconds ticked by …
In the distant sky, several figures came whistling. In the middle was the black-clothed and black-haired Ye Chen. On both sides of him, there were two Deity Guards in golden armor, emitting strong energy, escorting him to the battle platform.
After Ye Chen landed on the ground, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone present. Many cameras gathered at the scene shot over and captured his every move.
Ye Chen's expression was as usual as he walked to the battle platform calmly. He did not pay attention to the surrounding reporters, and even turned a blind eye to the many murderous gazes that were cast over from afar.
Walking to the battle platform, Ye Chen looked around the whole place. His indifferent gaze swept across the many figures in the sky, but he did not pay attention to their malicious gazes.
This kind of hostile gaze was the same as when he first entered the Premium Genius Hall. It was a kind of cold gaze from a superior to a subordinate.
After Ye Chen arrived, everyone on the floating chairs looked at this man carefully. When they saw his indifferent expression, they could not help but frown slightly, and some disdain rose in their hearts.
"Say, when this kid duels with Hua Zhan later, will he be defeated in an instant or in an instant?"
"Does he think that he can challenge the dignity of the Flaming Dragon Palace just because he killed the ant, Southern Dipper?"
"Who is Hua Zhan? Even I am not confident in defeating him. This kid is really arrogant!"
Many people whispered and sneered disdainfully at the corner of their mouths.
Ye Chen's expression was as usual. With his extraordinary hearing, he heard these people's words, but he was not angry. He knew that although he was only dueling with Hua Zhan, in fact, he was challenging the dignity of the entire Flaming Dragon Palace. If he was also a member of the Flaming Dragon Palace, then it would not be like this.
Not long after, seeing that the time was almost up, in the distant sky, a whistling sound suddenly burst out. It was a purple thunderbolt with lightning flashing around it. After it landed on the battlefield, the brilliance dissipated, revealing the figure of a red-clothed youth.
Hua Zhan!
Everyone's spirits were lifted as they focused their gazes.
"Finally here."
"Let this kid see that the Flaming Dragon Palace is not so easy to provoke."
"Crush him to death!"
In the sky above the battle stage, many figures on the floating chairs looked down at Ye Chen with bloodthirst in their eyes. To them, this battle was not very exciting. The only thing worth watching was to borrow Ye Chen's hand to see if Hua Zhan could display his true strength.
Hua Zhan turned around indifferently and saw Ye Chen standing opposite him. The corner of his mouth curled up as he said, "I didn't expect you to come so early."
Ye Chen said indifferently, "You're not late either. Let's begin!"
Hua Zhan smiled, his eyes as cold as knives as he said, "Your lowly life will come to an end today!"
Ye Chen sneered and did not reply.
When the time was up, the metal clock above his head suddenly turned off. An invisible force enveloped the entire battlefield. The surrounding eight stone pillars suddenly glowed and flickered with strange patterns.
Ye Chen only felt that he had lost contact with the Foldable Space Bag. The Demon Suppressing Tower in his mind was also isolated. He did not panic and looked at Hua Zhan as if he was looking at a dead man.
In a deep tunnel in the distance, a stalwart figure was hurrying along. Suddenly, he pinched his fingers and sensed something. He rushed out of the tunnel and landed in the sky above a city below. His figure moved and avoided the city's micro-surveillance system and the protective shield that enveloped the entire city. He easily arrived in the sky above the city square in the center of the city.
No one could see him.
He looked at the big screen in the square, which showed the figures of Ye Chen and Hua Zhan. His eyes flashed as he muttered to himself, "My good disciple, if you can't win, remember to admit defeat. A great man knows when to yield and when to stand tall. Don't show off your courage."
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My condition is bad. I've been feeling unwell for the past two days. The fourth update today will be postponed to tomorrow. When my body recovers, I'll add another update as punishment.
(To be continued.)
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