Chapter 1204: The Book of Time
"No..." The Mortal World Killing Sage roared, struggling fiercely, but his body was still shattering, flesh and blood flying everywhere as the heavenly tribulation struck him, revealing white bones. Within the thunderous sea, even more blazing lights danced—these were the great tribulations of Great Yin, Great Yang, Five Elements, Chaos, and more. Heavenly gates rose and fell, condensed from lightning.
Ye Fan, the Monkey, and Ji Zi underwent their tribulations, drawing a heavenly punishment rarely seen in the world. At this cultivation level, such terrifying lightning bolts had never been witnessed before.
Three Imperial Sons triggered heavenly tribulations, their phenomena shaking the heavens, lightning piercing through past and present, illuminating an eternal immortal light.
This was not a sage-forming tribulation, yet it was no less formidable than a sage tribulation. The Killing Sage was disintegrated multiple times, unable to escape.
As for the white skeleton, the divine fire within its skull grew increasingly dim; the destruction of both body and spirit was imminent.
The two mighty experts of the Ancient Divine Dynasty were powerless to turn the tide. They suffered more pain and hardship than Ye Fan and the others, for they faced three types of tribulations!
"Ah..." The Killing Sage screamed, wanting to drag an Imperial Son down with him even in death.
Unfortunately, he could not fulfill his wish. The subtle techniques of the Mortal World, which hid within the mundane realm, could not be deployed. There was nowhere to hide; the heavenly punishment would strike him out in an instant.
Ji Zi was covered in bloodstains. It was impossible to emerge unscathed from the heavenly tribulation, but he was not seriously injured. When he unleashed the Void Great Splitter, heaven and earth lost their color, phantom figures of gods and demons roared, tearing the white skeleton apart.
"Roar..." A massive bellow echoed through the shattered chaotic immortal soil. Some people were directly blasted apart, their bodies turning into blood mist.
A sage had his body torn apart. This was a sage-slaying battle. Ji Zi's tribulation was nearing completion, displaying his strength to rival a sage!
Everyone's mouths went dry. An Imperial Son-level figure had risen, proclaiming his dominance and transcendence. From then on, there was one more extraordinary talent in the world that could not be ignored.
On the other side, the Holy Prince roared, unleashing a divine ability of Dharma Form Heaven and Earth. He stood towering, countless times larger than a mountain.
This was a massive golden battle-saint ape. Every strand of hair shimmered with brilliance, dazzling and radiant. His roar shattered the heavens and shook mountains and rivers. Holding a black great staff that pierced the sky, he stood within the thunderous sea, swinging it down at the Mortal World's Killing Sage.
The Killing Sage roared in fury, a hero at the end of his road. He had crawled through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but now he was exhausted, dragging his exposed, skeletal body as he unleashed various secret techniques and charged forward.
"Crack"
Not a particularly loud sound came, but a patch of flesh and blood shattered. The Killing Sage's right arm and half his body collapsed, then broke off.
The Holy Prince roared, towering over heaven and earth at over ten thousand zhang. This was a golden giant ape capable of plucking stars and catching the moon, displaying boundless might and severely wounding an ancient sage.
People gasped, especially the ancient clans. In a daze, they seemed to witness the glorious years of the Battle Saint Emperor's rise, their hearts trembling.
Everyone knew that the Holy Prince's path to rise was unstoppable. Having now advanced to half-sage, he possessed the strength to rival an ancestral king!
"Jade and stone burn together!"
"Annihilation in all directions!"
Within the ocean-like thunderous sea, the Mortal World's Killing Sage and the white skeleton transmitted cruel divine sense fluctuations. They knew it was over, but they wanted to drag someone down with them. Their bodies were shattered, their primordial spirits weakened by lightning strikes, yet they transformed into two beams of light charging forward, lunging at Ji Zi and the Holy Prince respectively.
The crowd's expressions changed. A Killing Sage fighting desperately, unleashing the forbidden secret techniques of the Mortal World, was bound to be a great disaster. They burned their life imprints, capable of unleashing a world-shaking strike.
"Fall back!" People shouted from afar.
A cornered beast fighting for its life was the most terrifying. With the slightest misstep, the original victor could fall into an irredeemable abyss.
Ye Fan acted, standing in the void. His black hair cascaded like a waterfall as he accepted the thunderous baptism on his flesh. A flash of light came from between his brows, and a golden miniature figure emerged, carrying a cauldron, reaching the pinnacle of speed.
Ultimate Sublimation!
Breaking free from the shackles of the physical body, rising from the divine form, emerging reborn—this was a further transformation of the Dao. The primordial spirit merged with the Dao, striking with the cauldron.
Time seemed to freeze. Space could no longer be an obstacle. The golden miniature figure became the only thing in heaven and earth, drawing everyone's gaze.
"Puff"
This strike was breathtakingly stunning, showcasing the style of a human sacred body that would one day contend on the imperial path!
The primordial spirit fire flying out from the white skeleton was smashed by the golden miniature figure carrying the cauldron, shattering into four or five pieces, unable to withstand the blow.
"Roar..."
The divine fire was furious, yet terrified, wailing and screaming, struggling for its life, but it was all in vain.
The cauldron of the golden miniature figure dripped ten thousand strands of mother qi, rapidly expanding. It pressed down once more, and there was no suspense—it smashed the fire into ashes!
"Dead... The primordial spirit of a sage was extinguished just like that..." The crowd was stunned, all left speechless.
The Primordial Qi Cauldron underwent the tribulation together with Ye Fan, at the same cultivation level. Now, within the thunderous sea, it had given birth to a divine will, its power limitless.
It was always at the same level as Ye Fan, having reached the half-sage realm. Like its master, it could now battle sages. As an immortal material that only ancient great emperors could possess, forged into a cauldron over many years, its power was boundless.
"A half-sage weapon... a half-sage... there is a half-sage barrier... yet it can slay sages..."
Many among the ancient clans turned pale. A third Imperial Son-level figure had, at this moment, used his strength to proclaim to the world his rise, unstoppable!
On the other side, the Mortal World's Killing Sage's primordial spirit shot toward the Monkey like a streak of light, ferocious and vicious, determined to drag him down.
"I was heavily wounded by the heavenly tribulation, my strength less than half of my prime, but dragging one of you three down is no problem!"
This was a kind of unwillingness, filled with boundless resentment, wanting the Holy Prince to accompany him in death!
But the result was unexpected. Ye Fan, acting after but arriving first, after killing that divine fire, a divine skin appeared beneath the golden miniature figure. Carrying him as if reversing time, he traveled along the river of time and blocked the Killing Sage.
It was so fast it was inconceivable, leaving people unable to react.
This was the Book of Time, recording the ancient methods of the Heavenly Court. It was something Ye Fan had brought out from the Immortal Mountain, a divine skin.
It was densely covered with small characters, which now transformed into runes, blooming and imprinting themselves into the void, protecting Ye Fan at the center.
Every character was dazzlingly bright, as if forged from divine gold. Each one shimmered, each heavy as a mountain, truly world-shaking.
The golden miniature figure sat cross-legged on this divine skin. The Primordial Qi Cauldron left his embrace, hovering above his head, advancing with him. In his hand, another weapon appeared.
"The Supreme Scepter of the Heavenly Court!"
The Mortal World's Killing Sage cried out, seemingly terrified. This golden scepter had once brought endless pressure to the two divine dynasties, intimidating the ages in the past.
This was a weapon that only a great sage could activate; others could not use it. But he seemed to have forgotten, only remembering its nightmare-like power from over a hundred thousand years ago.
"Chi"
The golden scepter split the Killing Sage's primordial spirit in two. It did not display any special power, only its sheer indestructibility.
"Puff"
Another weapon appeared in Ye Fan's hand—the God-Slaying Whip. It was a primordial spirit weapon, specializing in killing primordial spirits, and it shattered the Killing Sage's divine consciousness into fragments.
"Ah..." The Mortal World's Killing Sage screamed miserably.
The Primordial Qi Cauldron above Ye Fan's head trembled, dripping down strands of mother qi of the Dao, grinding the already terrified fragments of the killing god's primordial spirit into dust.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye. People could not intervene even if they wanted to; it was too fast. The Book of Time allowed the golden miniature figure to seem to pierce through the shackles of time and space.
One secret treasure after another appeared, unleashing their might and divine abilities, forcing this Killing Sage to die in unwilling resentment.
Dead. A Killing Sage capable of slaying sages had thus come to an end, dying in the heavenly tribulation.
Near and far, there was dead silence. Only the massive thunder tribulation continued. Within the light curtain, three figures stood like gods and demons, radiating an undying aura.
Two Killing Sage-level existences had been killed by three half-sages. What kind of news was this? It would drive people mad if spread.
The half-sage barrier... could not stop their steps!
"Why did you steal my enemy?" The Holy Prince said, somewhat dissatisfied.
The three stood motionless like mountains. A miniature figure sat cross-legged before each of their foreheads, accepting the lightning baptism. In the end, they inhaled like whales drinking, drawing the ocean-like thunderous sea into their mouths.
The three Imperial Sons did not move, sublimating within the ocean of lightning, completely transforming their bodies and primordial spirits through tempering.
In the distance, Great Sage Qian Lun's eyes flickered. Behind him, several ancestral kings did not hide their killing intent. Once such figures grew up, they would be unstoppable!
The final solution was to kill them immediately, but they had no opportunity. Above Great Sage Wei Yi, the aura of an ancient great emperor spread, billions of beams of light illuminating a clear stretch of the heavens, making even the star domains tremble.
That ancient mirror bore the supreme majesty of an ancient great emperor, carrying the fruit of an invincible Dao. Now that it had awakened, who dared to act rashly?
The Void Mirror shone with radiance, like a precious wheel or a bright moon in the sky. The strands it dripped down enveloped the old sage, making him appear like a deity.
"Humans are worthy of awe..." Great Sage Qian Lun sighed. The Ten Thousand Dragon Bell before him slowly stirred, like a true dragon descending into the world, the Dao aura of an ancient emperor spreading!
One Gai Jiuyou had left, and now another Wei Yi had appeared—a true great sage wielding the Void Mirror. Who could casually claim to suppress and kill him?
"Dao friend, if you wish to discuss the Dao, let us go to the depths of the starry sky," Wei Yi said.
"Very well, let us debate who is superior." Great Sage Qian Lun nodded. He and the several ancestral kings behind him vanished, transforming into streaks of light and plunging into the dark depths of the universe.
Before Wei Yi and the several sages left, they fixed their gaze on that King of Killing Sages. This man, skin and bones, his expression turning grim, also charged into the cosmos.
Once these great figures departed, people finally breathed a long sigh of relief. This had been a massive deadly tribulation, and no one expected it to draw these ancient sages of the wind and clouds.
"Boom!"
With a final thunderous roar, the boundless lightning scattered. Ye Fan, Ji Zi, and the Holy Prince had successfully undergone their tribulations; the heavenly punishment had vanished.
Each of them had vigorous blood energy and a spirited demeanor, frantically devouring the surrounding essence to replenish their strength.
On the other side, the Killing Sage Qi Luo, brilliant and extraordinary, had fought to the death against the Hell Killing Sage, who had achieved the Dao a thousand years earlier. He beheaded him and was now examining the shattered divine consciousness within his forehead bone.
Through this, he saw part of his own son's life trajectory. He laughed and cried at the same time, his hair disheveled, his face filled with grief, unable to stop himself from roaring at the heavens.
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