Chapter 2921: Matching Lineup

People!

Gazing at the Tai Shang Tian, the cultivators from the various heavens wore strange expressions.

They were getting excited watching, but the person vanished.

They had all come to witness the Da Cheng Jie, yet the one undergoing the tribulation was nowhere to be found, leaving them all hanging.

Boom! Rumble!

The person was gone, but the booming continued, though no one knew where it was coming from.

The others didn't know, but Ji Ning Shuang did.

The Dong Huang Empress had already lifted her gaze, and even someone as reserved as her, with the mindset of an emperor, couldn't help but twitch her lips.

Her Ye Chen was truly lawless, running off to the Tian Ming realms to scam the emperors.

She had seen it all clearly: he didn't find the Dao Zu, but he had thoroughly tricked the Ming Di.

Indeed, for Ye Chen's tribulation, it wasn't a real heavenly tribulation unless he scammed a few people.

"Bastard, you bastard."

Ming Di was still cursing, his face pitch black, his liver aching, stomach aching, kidneys aching—every part of him in pain.

He had been tricked twice and finally learned his lesson, hiding in the void.

It was fortunate he was an emperor and tough enough to withstand it; any ordinary emperor would have been reduced to ashes by now.

But precisely because he was so resilient, Ye Chen had targeted him.

Learn from this.

Dao Zu glanced at Ming Di, not saying a word, but his eyes conveyed exactly that message.

Pfft!

Ming Di spat blood again—not from injury, but from rage. He had been tricked, while Dao Zu hadn't been hammered, and it left him feeling unbalanced.

Boom! Rumble!

At some unknown moment, Ye Chen returned to the Tai Shang Tian in the human realm. As he landed, he nearly stumbled and fell, unable to steady himself.

He was in a truly wretched state, his hair disheveled, his body covered in countless bloody gashes, each one entwined with eerie light that was consuming his vital energy. Even with the Dream Return to Ancient Times escape technique, the heavenly tribulation followed him like a shadow, inescapable no matter where he went.

It was his Da Cheng Jie, and he had to face it himself. There was no avoiding it; he had to endure.

"The time limit should be up."

Xi Chen murmured to himself. He had witnessed Hong Yan's tribulation before, and comparing the two, Ye Chen had already exceeded that timeframe.

"As fellow Sheng Ti, there are slight differences."

Di Xuan said softly. Hong Yan was an innate Sheng Ti, while Ye Chen was not; Hong Yan belonged to the first lineage and also the second, whereas Ye Chen was the complete second lineage. The Da Cheng Jie for the two lineages of Sheng Ti likely had variations in duration.

"Incredible, absolutely incredible."

The words of the people were filled with awe, directed at the past generations of Sheng Ti and at Ye Chen himself. Despite being surrounded and attacked for so long, he was still lively and kicking.

As expected of the ruthless one who had once slaughtered emperors and fought nine peak emperors alone.

"If there's another new generation of Sheng Ti, how desperate they would be."

The Dong Zhou Wu Wang spoke up. To achieve great accomplishment, one must defeat one hundred and thirty-two Sheng Ti, including Di Huang and Ye Chen. If a new-generation Sheng Ti couldn't hold out, they would be obliterated.

This was a serious issue.

If things went wrong, the Sheng Ti lineage's inheritance might end with Ye Chen.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Above the Tai Shang Tian, golden blood light flashed, each burst more dazzling than the last, each one from Ye Chen spilling blood.

The extended duration was pushing him to his limits. His sacred body had been shattered countless times, his sacred bones stained with sacred blood, scattered all over the Tai Shang Tian. Not just the various heaven's cultivators, but even the Dong Huang Empress felt her heart tremble at the sight.

No one knew when the rumbling finally faded.

Above the Tai Shang Tian, the sounds of battle ceased. The one hundred and thirty-one Sheng Ti had each settled into place, no longer attacking, but their sacred bodies were inch by inch turning to ash. Clearly, some hidden time limit had been reached.

Ba Yuan was laughing, Chen Zhan was laughing, Di Huang was laughing—all one hundred and thirty-one Sheng Ti were laughing.

Their laughter was one of contentment. The world always has talented successors, and the later-generation Sheng Ti was extraordinarily brilliant.

Ye Chen staggered but steadied himself, bowing with hands clasped toward the one hundred and thirty-one Sheng Ti. It was a junior's salute and a farewell to the predecessors.

Under the watchful eyes of all, the one hundred and thirty-one Sheng Ti turned to ash together.

"He's passed it."

Di Huang and Hong Yan, on the Ancient Road, both showed weary smiles. They had a sense for the tribulation's end. Perhaps in a few years, Ye Chen would bring reinforcements from the various heavens. These days, the battles had been grueling.

"He's passed it."

The cultivators of the various heavens also breathed a huge sigh of relief. With two supreme figures—one emperor and one Sheng Ti—the realms were secure.

However, above the Tai Shang Tian, Ye Chen remained still, his brows slightly furrowed.

Ji Ning Shuang, standing in the misty void, also stayed motionless, her delicate brows furrowed as she gazed into the emptiness.

The Tian and Ming emperors, at the exact same instant, narrowed their eyes.

The Da Cheng Jie... was not over yet.

That was right, it wasn't over. The three emperors could see it, and Ye Chen could sense it.

Boom!

Suddenly, a thunderous boom echoed through the Tai Shang Tian, startling everyone's hearts.

"More?"

Countless people were astonished, staring without blinking.

In their sight, a human form was being etched inch by inch above the Tai Shang Tian. The sacred body was majestic, like a monument standing at the end of time, with blood-red hair fluttering and overwhelming demonic aura rampaging. Every strand carried a destructive force.

It was as if this was not a person, but a demon god.

"Sheng Mo?"

The three emperors of heaven, earth, and humanity all murmured lightly. The manifested figure was the Dharma body of a great accomplishment Sheng Mo.

And it was in the state of Xue Ji Xian Jie.

"This..."

The expressions of the people from the various heavens grew strange. They wouldn't mistake it—this was the Dharma body of the first lineage's great accomplishment Sheng Ti.

"How could this be?"

"Why is the first lineage involved in the second lineage's tribulation? Is it cheating?"

"It's probably not that simple."

Boom!

Amid the discussions, a second great accomplishment Sheng Mo Dharma body manifested, differing in appearance from the first but identical in form. The same demonic nature, the same Xue Ji Xian Jie, and the same immense power.

Ye Chen said nothing, merely tilting his head slightly to quietly observe the void.

That damned higher power had tampered with the laws.

The hidden will still sought to destroy him.

On this, the Tian and Ming emperors might offer different explanations: You are too heaven-defying, to the point where even the heavens fear you. The second lineage's tribulation couldn't destroy you, so now comes the first lineage's, until you are completely obliterated.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

The rumbling above the Tai Shang Tian never stopped. After the second Sheng Mo, one after another manifested, each with blood-red hair fluttering, each exuding overwhelming demonic aura, and each in Xue Ji Xian Jie.

Exactly one hundred and thirty-one, the same lineup as before.

However, in terms of overall combat power, the Sheng Mo absolutely crushed the Sheng Ti. Not to mention anything else, the undying and unextinguishable Xue Ji Xian Jie alone was enough to inspire despair. The second lineage's Sheng Ti had nearly destroyed Ye Chen—what chance did the Xue Ji Xian Jie-activated first lineage have?

"Is this Ye Chen's true tribulation?"

Many people wondered in their hearts. Once this was over, would there be more? And if so, what then?

Boom! Rumble!

The Tai Shang Tian shook once more, the shockwaves rippling through the starry sky, making the entire Tian Huang star domain tremble. The one hundred and thirty-one Sheng Mo's pressure was linked and utterly destructive, every demonic light tinged with apocalyptic hues.

Ye Chen lowered his gaze from the void and cast an immortal spell, fully healing his sacred body.

This was his true tribulation.