Chapter 783: A Celestial Tribulation Difficult to Overcome

“Thunder Flame Sword Body!”

With nowhere to run and nowhere to hide, Ye Tianling ultimately abandoned the fused state of his Ancient Divine Bodies, fully activating his Essence Blood Power to summon the might of his Thunder Flame Sword Body.

The Samadhi Celestial Fire manifested, and his Thunder Flame Sword Body was pushed to its absolute limit.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

As countless tribulation bolts crashed down upon him, Ye Tianling’s body rang out with a metallic sound.

Ye Tianling focused all his energy on defense, and with no other choice, he activated the unparalleled defensive power of his Mirror Flower Water Moon Battle Armor.

Yet, against the Power of Taiyin, this defensive power proved ineffective.

This Power of Taiyin, born from Extreme Yang Gives Birth to Yin, possessed a piercing effect that truly ignored all Laws and was imbued with the genuine Power of Slaughter Law.

One could only imagine the agony Ye Tianling endured as this killing intent washed over him.

This wasn’t just lethal killing intent; it was a bombardment from the Celestial Tribulation capable of grinding bones to dust. Even with his Thunder Flame Sword Body, he could not withstand the terrifying killing force of this Thunder Tribulation.

Ye Tianling’s skin split and his flesh tore, revealing the stark white of his bones, yet he desperately held on.

Flesh and blood flew as the attack overwhelmed him, leaving him utterly unable to resist or defend himself.

A Hell Celestial Tribulation manifesting in the Emperor’s Burial Land was by no means an ordinary one that could be easily resisted.

In the distance, Que De and Wan Jimie watched, their hearts pounding in terror. They were deeply shaken, but utterly powerless to intervene.

This was the path Ye Tianling had chosen for himself—to face the Hell Celestial Tribulation of the Emperor’s Burial Land head-on, to battle a true Young Emperor.

This was a battle that transcended Time, Space, and Reincarnation—a battle that spanned countless ages.

Regardless of whether he won or lost, Ye Tianling would have no regrets after this fight.

Que De trembled as he watched, his hands clenched into fists, but he did not act.

He couldn’t. He was powerless to.

A Celestial Tribulation of this magnitude could strike down even a Daoist Ancestor. If they interfered, they would only make the tribulation stronger and more terrifying.

VMMMM—

Ye Tianling used the Nirvana Rebirth Skill again. He recovered again and again, only for his body to be torn apart each time.

Eventually, Ye Tianling didn’t even have the latent power left to use the skill, unable to resist the corrosive Power of Taiyin.

In his battle against the Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit manifested by the Hell Celestial Tribulation, he had already fallen into a clear disadvantage. Ultimately, he was no match for it.

Pushed this far, he could no longer hold anything back.

Ye Tianling burned his Dragon Soul Divine Blood, channeling it into his Xuanyuan Dragon-Controlling Immortal Sword Technique.

VMMMM—

He summoned the Baiyu Demon God Radiant Bow, instantly gathering his Dragon Soul Divine Blood Power and loosing a deadly arrow.

Channeling his will to slaughter, he gathered the Space-Time Law and his Celestial Dao Rule Domain to unleash an attack at fifty-four percent of his battle power!

This was the strongest manifestation of his battle power, aside from his hidden trump cards.

PFFT—

The arrow carved a path through the Void, instantly shattering a vast amount of the Power of Taiyin.

The Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit’s attack was finally scattered. Ye Tianling, who had been nearly blasted to smithereens, once again recovered using the Nirvana Rebirth Skill.

Even so, Ye Tianling was in a horrific state; he had nearly perished and undergone Transformation Dao.

His heart grew heavy. There was no way to continue this fight.

‘This was only the fourth wave of the Celestial Tribulation, and just the third move from the Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit!’

‘There are still nine hundred and ninety-five moves to go. How am I supposed to fight this?’

Ye Tianling sighed. His Invincible Heart was facing an unprecedented trial.

‘Should I give up, or continue?’

‘If I continue, I’ll definitely die!’

‘If I give up, I’ll fail at Crossing the Tribulation for the Hell Celestial Tribulation. I might survive because of the unique nature of the Emperor’s Burial Land, but I’ll probably never get another chance to face a Hell Celestial Tribulation again.’

Ye Tianling did not rush to recover. Instead, he began to think seriously.

At that moment, the endless Power of Taiyin took the initiative to gather. Following the principle of Extreme Yin Births Yang, it all transformed into Yang Attribute Energy and flowed into Ye Tianling’s body.

As Yin and Yang balanced, Ye Tianling’s physical body once again began to transform.

His Realm also began to evolve from the Sword Tribulation Second Refining Great Perfection Realm toward the Sword Tribulation Third Refining Realm.

‘I’ve really underestimated the Cultivators of this world. The power of a Young Emperor is far beyond my expectations. I’m afraid that even a Young Venerable is not someone I can defeat right now. But once my Battle Power reaches its limit, how can I improve it further?’

‘Battle Power can achieve Breaking Nine Forbidden, with the limit being Breaking Ten. In terms of output, the highest one can perhaps reach is ninety-nine percent, and I’m currently at fifty-four percent. But even at ninety-nine percent, the gap isn’t as large as one might think. The difference between my Battle Power at forty-five percent and fifty-four percent exists, but it isn’t particularly exaggerated.’

‘Yet in my fight with the Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit, I’ve been completely crushed from start to finish. It’s obvious that it’s only attacking casually, while I’m giving it my all…’

‘That change in my bloodline, the Ten Thousand Ancient Essence Blood… could that be the key factor? To condense my bloodline to the strength of Ancient Essence Blood?’

Ye Tianling pondered this back and forth, simultaneously using his Mechanical Heart to run calculations.

Soon, he reached a tentative conclusion—if he truly wanted to become a Young Emperor, he had to walk the path of condensing the Ten Thousand Ancient Essence Blood!

One hundred Battle Power Dao Patterns to transform the Three Souls and Seven Spirits.

Ten Thousand Ancient Essence Blood to transform the physical body!

Only when the physical body and Soul are in perfect harmony does one walk the true Emperor Dao!

As Ye Tianling mulled this over, he unexpectedly had an epiphany.

VMMMM—

The powerful Heaven and Earth Laws suddenly descended.

BOOM—

The barrier to Ye Tianling’s Realm instantly shuddered, and he broke through from the Sword Tribulation Second Refining Realm to the Sword Tribulation Third Refining Realm in a flash.

The breakthrough in his Realm allowed Ye Tianling to recover instantly. At the same time, a massive amount of Laws descended upon him, empowering him with the rhythm of the Dao.

At this moment, Ye Tianling shattered the barriers and limits of his Realm. Because of his epiphany regarding the Universal Law of the Cosmos, he finally raised his Celestial Dao Rule Domain from the first layer to the Second Layer.

He suddenly understood that the path of the Ten Thousand Ancient Essence Blood was the correct one.

This was because the physical body and the Soul were like night and day, like the two sides of Yin and Yang. Strengthening only one side might make one appear powerful, but a crucial weakness would still remain.

And because he had grasped this rule of transformation through this battle, he shattered the limits of his Realm, causing it to evolve ahead of schedule.

Ye Tianling stepped into the Sword Tribulation Third Refining Early Stage Realm. Empowered by a massive infusion of the Hell Celestial Tribulation’s Origin Energy, he returned to his unparalleled peak state.

But not only was Ye Tianling not happy, he gave a bitter smile.

He was not familiar with the Sword Tribulation Third Refining Realm.

But the Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit most certainly was.

The instant his Realm entered the Sword Tribulation Third Refining Early Stage Realm, the Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit also entered the same Realm.

WHOOSH—

The Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit attacked.

In this strike, its physical body and Soul were in perfect harmony, manifesting the True Void.

“True Void Celestial Forbidden Technique, Killing Spirit Divine Dao!”

Eight ancient Emperor Patterns manifested. In that instant, Ye Tianling was utterly dumbfounded!

‘Engraving Emperor Patterns in the Sword Tribulation Realm?’

‘I… I’m actually fighting an existence like this?!’