Chapter 2946: Becoming Emperor Through Verification

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In the chaotic Great Dao Tai Shang Tian, forbidden forces swirled wildly. Ye Chen was still drenched in blood, as were the dharma bodies of the Tian Mo, E Mo, Sheng Mo, Sheng Ti, Da Di, and Tian Di. The blood rain fell like showers of light, and the disordered emperor tribulation had become utterly savage.

"The Huang Gu Sheng Ti has risen," Tian Ting Nv Di murmured, a trace of fresh blood trickling from her lips.

She was injured, or rather, not yet fully integrated. She had emerged early because, before Ye Chen achieved emperor status, the Dong Huang Nv Di might not hold out. The emperor tribulation of the Sheng Ti was no ordinary one, drawing an enormous number of towering demon pillars.

Suddenly, she closed her eyes and vanished in an instant. When she reappeared, it was on the Xuan Huang Dalu, where a Tian Di demon pillar had descended, instantly reducing the majestic Dong Huang Ancient City to ashes. Countless surrounding mountains and peaks collapsed from the demon pillar's halo.

In the same moment, a second demon pillar fell on the Kun Lun Ancient City. That grand ancient city met the same fate as the Dong Huang Ancient City, though fortunately, everyone had gone to witness the emperor tribulation, avoiding massive losses.

The Nv Di struck powerfully, destroying it with a single palm.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

In the vast starry sky, the two Nv Di moved like ghosts. Each appearance resulted in the destruction of a demon pillar.

The Ming Di and Dao Zu were not idle either, launching fierce attacks.

The three realms—heaven, earth, and humanity—grew even more chaotic due to Ye Chen's emperor tribulation. The number of towering demon pillars far exceeded expectations, each boom like a funeral bell from hell.

Gazing down from above, the scene was terrifying. One demon pillar after another descended without warning, obliterating countless ancient stars and leveling ancient cities. Even before the outer domain Tian Mo, E Mo, and Sheng Mo invaded, the three realms were already scarred by these pillars.

This proved that Tian Ting Nv Di's emergence from the Ling Xiao Hall was necessary. With the current forces, one Dong Huang Nv Di alone couldn't handle it. Tian Di-level demon pillars were no match for Da Di-level ones; wherever a pillar landed, a Tian Di would soon emerge. A few might be manageable, but too many would spell disaster for the realms.

Thus, every demon pillar had to be crushed in its infancy.

Even so, a few exceptional ones slipped through.

Still in the Tian Yuan Star Domain, a demon pillar descended, and a Tian Mo Tian Di emerged. Perhaps it hadn't struck a proper pose, for it was immediately slapped by Tian Ting Nv Di, and from then on, it never regained its footing.

In the eastern starry sky, a similar scene unfolded. A towering demon pillar landed on an ancient star, crushing it to pieces amid flying debris, from which a humanoid monster—a E Mo Tian Di—emerged. But before it could speak, it was struck down by a sword from Yao Chi.

"Run? Where do you think you're going?"

Ming Di's roar echoed through the Yin Cao Di Fu as he pursued another E Mo Tian Di, which was fleeing with incredible speed.

"You won't escape," Dao Zu snorted coldly, his voice laden with imperial authority. He formed an emperor sword with the laws of time and split a Tian Mo Tian Di in half with a single, unmatched strike.

Boom! Boom!

Battles raged across the three realms, all at the emperor level. The universe trembled, and the vast starry sky collapsed. Lightning flashed, thunder roared, and countless omens intertwined, not as beautiful sights but as apocalyptic visions bathed in end-of-days glory.

"Four great emperors protecting the path."

"Kid, your face is no ordinary matter."

On Tian Jie's Bu Zhou Mountain, Xuan Di's phantom stood with hands clasped, sighing in amazement. It was fortunate that emperors guarded all three realms; otherwise, even if Ye Chen had triggered the ultimate emperor tribulation, he couldn't withstand the outer domain assaults.

This highlighted the difficulty of Sheng Ti achieving emperor status: not only continuing the emperor path, forging the emperor gate, and sacrificing a Da Di and bloodline limits, but also requiring a sufficient protective force. A single emperor couldn't safeguard it.

Such stringent conditions had never been met in history.

Ye Chen was truly fortunate, capitalizing on heaven's timing, earth's advantages, and human harmony.

This, perhaps, was the destined order amid the chaos.

Boom!

As Xuan Di watched, a sudden boom erupted in Tai Shang Tian. A red towering demon pillar had landed precisely in the Great Dao Tai Shang Tian, from which a E Mo Tian Di emerged, its emperor-level demonic aura surging.

What followed was quite a spectacle.

The moment it exited the pillar, the E Mo Tian Di was caught in the emperor tribulation. The already lively Great Dao Tai Shang Tian doubled its forces upon its arrival, leaving the emperors utterly bewildered.

"Damned thing!"

The E Mo Tian Di roared in fury, stepping across the void to flee toward Great Dao Tai Shang Tian. The Huang Gu Sheng Ti's emperor tribulation was no joke.

It wanted to escape, but Ye Chen gave it no chance. He pursued in a single step, his golden hand descending from the sky and shattering the E Mo Tian Di's body. The remaining primordial spirit was obliterated by the dharma bodies amid the tribulation.

That emperor died in utter bewilderment.

There was no helping it—it had aimed too accurately.

After slaying the emperor, Ye Chen paid a heavy price, taking a devastating strike and nearly being impaled by Huang Quan Tian Di's spear.

Ah!

Ye Chen roared, activating his bloodline limits in the face of desperation.

Though he had sacrificed immortality when forging the emperor gate, it didn't mean he couldn't activate his bloodline limits.

In an instant, he reconstructed his Sheng Ti and overthrew Huang Quan Tian Di.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

Hundreds of dharma bodies surrounded and attacked from all sides.

"Come!"

Ye Chen's shout shook the universe. Gripping his blood-drenched dao staff, he fought wildly, like a supreme war god. Even outnumbered, he overpowered them with sheer strength, bathing in blood and fighting to the brink of madness.

This tribulation was also a stroke of fortune.

In the ultimate emperor tribulation, he tempered his Sheng Ti and his state of mind. Facing the supreme beings alone deepened his chaotic dao. He was evolving, and so was his dao. This destructive battle was like a whetstone, sharpening this rusted iron into a peerless divine weapon overlooking the eight directions.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

The battle's fluctuations grew even more immense. Heaven sought to destroy Ye Chen, and Ye Chen resisted heaven, turning the emperor tribulation into an epic free-for-all. Throughout the history of the realms, no such domineering ultimate emperor tribulation had ever occurred, nor had anyone matched it.

"Does it have to go on until death?"

Dong Huang Tai Xin murmured softly, her delicate brows furrowing deeper. Glancing at Tai Shang Tian, the forces were already overwhelmingly large, yet dharma bodies continued to manifest, each a supreme being.

"The longer it drags on, the worse it gets."

The Fourth Shen Jiang pondered, scanning the surroundings repeatedly. Booms echoed from all directions—battles and demon pillars descending. Without the two Nv Di holding the line, who knows how many outer domain Tian Di would invade? The Tian Ming realms were likely in a similar state.

"There has to be a limit!"

The Little Yuan Huang scratched his monkey fur, growing increasingly anxious. Compared to Yao Chi's tribulation, Ye Chen's emperor tribulation was taking far too long.

"Weakened! The emperor tribulation has weakened."

Ren Wang shouted, startling many.

It wasn't just him who noticed—countless elders' eyes gleamed as they looked toward Great Dao Tai Shang Tian. Whether Tian Mo, E Mo, Sheng Mo, Sheng Ti, or Da Di and Tian Di, their might had sharply declined.

However, Ye Chen fared no better, his bloodline limits forcibly dispersed, his blood-soaked Sheng Ti a grim sight.

Without the bloodline limits, his aura grew even stronger—a transformation of his state of mind, now on par with a Tian Di.

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The scene in Tai Shang Tian was alarming. Perhaps Ye Chen was too powerful, or the dharma bodies too weak; wielding his dao staff, he swept through like autumn wind scattering leaves, one strike after another, each more dominant than the last. Like a war god, he pushed forward relentlessly, rendering heavenly laws and emperor-level Sheng Mo fragile under his staff's assault.

But that wasn't the key point—what mattered was that the destroyed dharma bodies did not reappear, vanishing under the staff.

Gulp!

Onlookers swallowed hard, truly witnessing the dominance of the Sheng Ti as he cleared the field single-handedly.

When Ye Chen delivered his final strike, Great Dao Tai Shang Tian held only him, all others obliterated.

For a long time, no more dharma bodies appeared.

"Has he... passed it?"

Xie Yun asked instinctively, straining his eyes.

No one answered, and no one could. Even Ren Wang didn't know if Ye Chen had overcome the emperor tribulation.

"I told you, you cannot destroy me."

Ye Chen said calmly, his words soft yet carrying a desolate authority, like eternal thunder shaking the ancient immortal vault.

With that, he gripped his dao sword and stepped toward the highest peak of the ethereal realm. His Huang Gu Sheng Ti was heavy, his steps weighty, each one causing the universe to tremble.

Boom! Boom!

His defiance once again provoked the heavens. The once-still Tai Shang Tian suddenly erupted with emperor lightning, pouring down from the skies.

Ye Chen remained silent, his steps unwavering.

The emperor lightning rampaged with destructive power, yet it couldn't halt his advance. Wherever he passed, the lightning withered away.

Accompanied by booms, emperor dharma bodies manifested again.

Ye Chen ignored them, ascending step by step. Those emerging dharma bodies were shaken apart before they could reach him, each step radiating a spreading halo.

Ye Chen smiled, continuing onward, head held high, gazing at the void and the hateful heavens.

His emperor tribulation should have ended, but it persisted, with dharma bodies still manifesting, all due to the heavens' will meddling, forcibly twisting the laws to annihilate him.

Unfortunately, the heavens had underestimated this tribulation challenger. Even with chaotic laws, they couldn't stop his steps.

"I am to become emperor—can you stop me?"

Ye Chen stamped down, clenching his golden fist infused with chaotic laws, Sheng Ti essence, reincarnation power, time force, space force, and spatiotemporal force—the pinnacle strike of his cultivation path—blasting toward the highest peak of the ethereal realm.

Boom!

The void exploded with a thunderous roar, shaking the three realms—heaven, earth, and humanity—as if some deep-seated seal had been forcibly shattered by Ye Chen.

In that instant, time seemed to freeze.

A layer of golden halo, centered on Ye Chen, spread infinitely across the seas and eight directions. It carried not only sacred might but also ultimate emperor aura, obliterating all descending demon pillars before any supreme beings could emerge.

Such was the emperor aura's intensity that even the four emperors stumbled.

The Huang Gu Sheng Ti had achieved emperor status.

Gazing upward, he stood like a deity at the end of time, with light rain cascading from the skies, illuminating the world. Omens materialized around him: divine dragons coiled, phoenixes cried, Xuan Wu paved the way, and white tigers roared. Above his head loomed the vast starry sky, beneath his feet flowed the Great Dao Immortal River, and his ultimate chaotic world manifested majestic mountains and rivers. Every mountain, river, plant, and tree fused with the ultimate emperor aura, evolving laws and exuding a vitality of their own.

Boom! Boom!

The realms shook, and the three realms trembled.

In the unseen depths, the universe felt unstable, on the verge of collapse.

Listening closely, one could hear thunderous roars, instilling heart-shaking terror and an urge to prostrate.

"This round, you have lost."

Tian Ting Nv Di whispered, smiling at the skies, as if speaking to someone unseen.

"It's done! The Sheng Ti has become emperor!"

Shouts erupted from the Tian Huang direction, cries from the common folk. Not just the juniors—even the elders were so excited they nearly leaped up.

Tian Ming's two emperors laughed, their joy unrestrained.

As expected, the Huang Gu Sheng Ti lineage never disappointed the common folk.

Dong Huang Nv Di smiled too, her expression full of tenderness.

The chaotic Taigu Road grew restless.

Every Da Cheng Sheng Mo furrowed their brows, examining their own Sheng Ti. In the previous instant, their power had mysteriously weakened, and some force had vanished.

"What kind of power is this?"

In the depths, Di Huang instinctively raised his hand, sensing an added divine force within him. His companion, though less intense, also felt a mysterious power.

They exchanged glances, then looked toward the void together, as if peering through the endless vastness to see a gate belonging solely to them.

Though blurred, that gate was vividly real.

"The Sheng Ti Emperor Gate."

His companion murmured, staring in a daze.

"Has a Sheng Ti achieved emperor status?"

Di Huang frowned slightly, his golden eyes gleaming. Seeing the emperor gate confirmed one thing: a Sheng Ti had pioneered the path, breaking the eternal ban on Sheng Ti becoming emperor.

Boom! Boom!

The realms' thunder continued unabated, filled with excitement—from the folk's shouts to the heavens' roars.

At the highest peak of the ethereal realm, Ye Chen did not descend, standing like a statue, enveloped in divine glory with ultimate laws circling him and emperor omens unfolding. The Great Dao heavenly sound echoed. His once-white hair had turned like a waterfall of black, his slightly hunched Sheng Ti now straight and resilient. His waning vitality surged anew, and his depleted lifespan was nourished by the emperor dao. His Sheng Ti essence had perfectly fused with the emperor path.

"What immense pressure."

Ming Di marveled, even through the barrier sensing the Sheng Ti's emperor aura, which surprisingly overshadowed his own as a peak emperor.

Dao Zu took a deep breath, his eyes reflecting both shock and satisfaction.

Seeing a Sheng Ti become emperor for the first time, it was truly dominant.

That little Sheng Ti was the supreme among emperors. If they fought now, even the four emperors—heaven, earth, humanity, and the fourth—together might not defeat him. A Sheng Ti that had achieved emperor status possessed a unique divine power unmatched by any Da Di.

Only after some time did Ye Chen dispel the emperor immortal light and slowly open his eyes. His pupils were a chaotic void, reflecting emperor glory, gradually clearing to become like ancient wells—deep and boundless, embodying the emperor's laws.

He gazed quietly at the skies. Now, he could clearly see Dong Huang Nv Di's emperor imprint, while his own had merged into the universe, even surpassing hers.

Thus, after him, no emperor could emerge in the realms, and no one could defy the heavens to break the imprints of these two emperors.