Chapter 2821: Perfect!

In the vast starry sky, Ye Fan stood firm.

He was undoubtedly a sensible child, choosing a desolate and lifeless expanse of stars for his tribulation, which set him apart from his father. Ye Chen, that guy, always sought out the crowds whenever he faced a heavenly tribulation.

The Hong Huang Clan must have felt this deeply.

"Besides being a bit dull, there's nothing else wrong with him."

The Bai Hu Huang stroked his chin thoughtfully, speaking with a sense of gravity. From Ye Fan, he couldn't see any trace of Ye Chen's aura, especially that eye-catching swagger.

"This temperament must come from his mother."

The Gu Zu Huang crossed his arms, stating a profound truth, and couldn't help glancing at Ji Ningshuang, with Ye Chen also stealing a look.

What could be said? Ye Chen's signature skills had all been inherited by Ye Ling. If Ye Fan had even half of Ye Chen's thick skin, the kid would probably be causing trouble everywhere by now.

Honestly, he was starting to worry for Yang Lan.

"While he's still young, they should have a few more kids."

Long Ye muttered incessantly, positioning himself deliberately between Ye Chen and Ji Ningshuang, forcing his way in and perfectly demonstrating what it meant to be a third wheel.

Ji Ningshuang said nothing, only watching Ye Fan.

Ye Chen, however, reached out, grabbed Long Ye with one hand, and tossed him aside. You little serpent, you have no sense at all—I'm rarely standing with my wife, and here you are, shamelessly squeezing in.

"Accumulating strength will make the heavenly tribulation even more powerful."

Xi Yan was there too, along with Nan Ming Yu Shu and the others, standing on either side of Ye Chen, forming a stunning sight. The way the onlookers stared was full of envy. So many beautiful flowers, all claimed by Ye Chen alone—and they were all so lovely. Was this infuriating? Had times changed? Did people now favor the shameless?

"If only I could get one too!"

The Xiao Yuan Huang grumbled to himself, scratching his monkey fur, filled with admiration. As sworn brothers, how could the gap between them be so wide? He still hadn't found a wife, as if no one wanted anything to do with this monkey.

Compared to the others, Kui Niu was quite proactive, his massive bull eyes scanning around, ignoring the male cultivators and focusing only on the beautiful immortals. He needed to pick a target first, then sneak one home when he had the chance, so he could have a little calf next year. He even had names picked out.

"Oh ho, quite the crowd!"

The late arrivals, including Shen Jiang, Yan Luo, and the Huang Zhe, clicked their tongues in amazement as soon as they arrived. Lao Jun, Yuan Shi Tian Zun, and Jian Shen also appeared one after another.

"Undergoing a Great Saint Tribulation with this much fanfare is quite the spectacle."

The Ling Zu Huang surveyed the surroundings with a sigh, marveling at the scene. As far as the eye could see, people were everywhere—crowds upon crowds, from the strongest peaks to the lowest Heavenly Realm juniors, all flocking here.

"I think they're all just bored out of their minds."

The Wu Zu Huang spoke with a profound depth.

His words resonated with many. With the Hong Huang suppressed, the Zhu Xian Sword destroyed, and the Heavenly Demons and Evil Demons repelled, this era of recovery left people idle. The younger generation loved excitement, and the elders were no different, always drifting toward where the crowds gathered.

Of course, leisure was only part of it—the main draw was watching the heavenly tribulation, specifically the Emperor Dao Law Bodies. Especially for Emperor Dao inheritances, whenever a prodigy faced a tribulation, the audience was never lacking.

"Hurry up, hurry up."

"You idiot, you stepped on my foot—get lost."

"Come on, make some space for me."

More and more people arrived, filling the desolate star domain with shadows. Ancient stars, meteorites, and star rivers in all directions were packed with people, a dense black mass.

"The Dao Heart remains unbroken, and the physical body endures."

Ye Chen transmitted his voice, smiling gently.

Ye Fan turned his gaze and, amid the vast sea of people, accurately spotted his father, mother, and his own wife. But in his primordial spirit fire state, that Great Saint Tribulation had nearly destroyed his body and soul.

As he turned back, he released the seal on the heavenly tribulation.

Boom!

A sudden thunderclap echoed through yin and yang, shaking the entire starry sky. The juniors' faces turned pale in an instant, their minds trembling uncontrollably. After watching so many prodigies undergo tribulations, only Ye Fan's divine punishment gave them this level of dread.

The elders' eyes grew profound, sensing from the thunder's rumble that it far surpassed the previous prodigies'. The tribulation would be stronger, and the Emperor Dao Law Bodies more numerous.

Boom! Boom!

In the booming chaos, tribulation clouds had already gathered in the void, with lightning tearing through them. A pressure that made heaven and earth tremble enveloped that vast star domain.

Then the lightning struck, weaving into a net and transforming into a sea of thunder, pouring down from the sky like a galactic waterfall, engulfing Ye Fan. Thunderbolts fell continuously, in colors from red to orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, black, and white.

It was the Nine-Color Divine Thunder, something everyone had seen before. Each color shift multiplied the tribulation's power. Prodigies of the Crown Prince level dreaded this kind of tribulation the most—out of ten who faced it, at least half couldn't survive, and even those who did often ended up half-crippled.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

Ye Fan was incredibly domineering, ripping through the sea of thunder and charging upward amid billions of lightning bolts. He fought his way up defiantly, and the more he resisted, the angrier the heavens became. That form of heavenly punishment was taboo.

Even stronger lightning followed.

Yet, no matter how fierce the thunder, it couldn't halt his advance. From the depths of the starry sky, he battled all the way into the ethereal void, comprehending the Dao amid the lightning and tempering his body in the tribulation.

"Not bad, but it's still early."

On one side of the starry sky, Xie Yun had come to watch the tribulation, squeezing through the crowd straight toward Ye Chen and his group. There was also Si Tu Nan, Xiong Er, and the others, each more shameless than Long Ye.

"Back in the day, you were the main character."

"Today, you're just a spectator."

"Ah, the passage of time! The fleeting youth!"

As soon as they settled in, they all fell into a collective daze.

Ye Da Shao didn't say a word, grabbing one with each hand and hurling them away as far as possible. They were all full from eating and had nothing better to do, coming here to get sentimental—wrong set, perhaps?

Boom!

At the edge of the starry sky, the Nine-Color Divine Thunder grew even more ferocious. Accompanying a boom, the second type of tribulation manifested: the Dharma Artifact Tribulation. The lightning changed forms, turning into copper furnaces, divine blades, immortal swords, and spirit realms. Whatever one could imagine, the tribulation could create—eighteen kinds of weapons, all present and incredibly domineering.

Following that came the legendary Vision Tribulation, with phenomena like a bright moon rising over the sea, stars scattered across the sky, all formed from lightning, painting a scene of utter destruction.

As the Vision Tribulation raged, the Divine Beast Tribulation arrived too: Qing Long coiled, Feng Huang cried out, Bai Hu roared, Xuan Wu forged ahead, and there was even the sacred beast Qi Lin.

But that wasn't the end—the Ten Thousand Things Tribulation was also in full force, featuring desolate forests, grasses and trees, mountains and rivers, palaces and towers, all carrying destructive thunderous might.

"Child's play."

Zao Hua Shen Wang held his wine flask, completely unconcerned. As he always said, ordinary lightning couldn't destroy Ye Fan—the truly terrifying part was the Emperor Dao Law Bodies.

And as he said, it was all child's play.

Ye Fan was usually quiet and unassuming, but in battle, he was fiercely aggressive. The tribulation was powerful, but he was even more domineering, spending most of his time counterattacking heavenward. Time and again, he was swallowed by the thunder sea, only to burst out; time and again, he was struck down by lightning, only to charge back into the stars. His body was covered in countless thunder scars—wounds of blood, yet traces of the Dao.

Under the watchful eyes of all, the thunder's roar gradually weakened, and the lightning in the sky diminished. Though it still rampaged, it was merely a shell, devoid of real power.

The crowd perked up, standing straight and alert. Many had already taken out memory crystals. The lightning tribulation was ending, and the main event was about to begin.

Ye Chen took a deep breath, his expression solemn.

Ji Ningshuang, Xi Yan, and the others felt the same.

Ye Fan steadied himself, shoving pills into his mouth like mad to recover his energy in the shortest time possible and push his combat strength to its absolute peak.

Buzz!

The starry sky hummed as eight beams of Emperor Dao immortal light emerged, carving out true forms, each radiating Emperor might and entwined with Emperor Dao laws, like eight mountains standing in the river of time. The Emperor Dao heavenly sounds echoed throughout the universe.

"This..."

"Tao Tie, Qiong Qi, Tao Wu, Jin Ni, Tian Xie, Teng She, Gui Jian, Qiu Niu."

"Eight Primordial Emperors!"

The sharp-eyed recognized them instantly.

The juniors swallowed hard, their hearts pounding.

"Stuck at eight, barely qualifying as a Young Emperor level."

Some elders stroked their beards, offering this assessment.

Boom!

No sooner had the words been spoken than the starry sky hummed again.

In the eastern firmament, a beam of Emperor Dao immortal light flashed, and an ancient figure slowly took shape. Before its features were fully carved, Xuan Yuan Di Zi was already tearful in his eyes—he wouldn't mistake it.

It was Xuan Yuan Emperor, recognized as the strongest Great Emperor.

"Nine now."

"A genuine Young Emperor."

"This one's set."

Countless eyes sparkled with brilliant light.

Boom!

Amid the discussions, another boom resounded.

"More?"

The crowd was astonished, turning as one toward the west.

Indeed, there were more—two descended at once. One was human-shaped, the other an ape, both exuding world-shaking Emperor Dao divine might, with Emperor Dao visions intertwining.

It was Yan Emperor and Dou Zhan Sheng Huang, quite the pair. He was the longest-lived Great Emperor, he the shortest, and now the two emperors had come together.

"Ancestor!"

The Xiao Yuan Huang called out, as did the Holy Ape Clan.

Sadly, Yan Emperor's son was long gone.

"Eleven Emperors now."

Di Ji murmured softly, the lineup far exceeding her expectations.

Boom!

In the southern starry sky, Emperor Dao law bodies appeared, making heaven and earth tremble. It wasn't just one—two emperors arrived together: Dong Hua Nu Di and Yuan Tian Da Di.

Their combination was quite meaningful.

Dong Hua Nu Di was the only one among the Xuan Huang 130 Emperors to achieve emperorhood before five thousand years, while Yuan Tian Da Di was the only one to prove the Dao after nine thousand.

"Thirteen—utterly against the heavens."

You Miao Lao Dao clicked his tongue, his mouth agape in shock. This was far more formidable than his own Tai Yin and Tai Yang. Thirteen Emperor Dao bodies—compared to that, his two seemed like child's play.

"But there might be more."

The spectators murmured, straining their eyes.

Boom! Bang!

Two booms echoed through the universe.

Indeed, there were more, from the northern starry sky.

Again, a man and a woman: Yao Chi Nu Di and Zhu Tian Da Di. Their combination held great significance—he was the first emperor of the Archaic era, he the last.

But it didn't stop there.

After those two, two more descended in succession, leaving the peak experts looking puzzled, for these two shared the same bloodline: both Chaos Bodies, one the Hun Dun Da Di and the other Dao Zu Hong Jun.

"This should be it."

The hearts of the myriad heavens trembled, their mouths dry.

" Seventeen Emperors—already impressive."

"We..."

"Wait, there's more!"

As they spoke, a sudden outcry rang out.

Boom!

Accompanied by a boom, the eighteenth Emperor Dao body manifested. As the crowd watched, it slowly carved into human form, its back sturdy, ancient, and weathered.

"Di Zun?"

The Shen Jiangs' bodies shuddered, crying out in unison.