# Chapter 1614: Divine Beings
Those light pillars, each one as thick as a mountain peak, shot up to the nine heavens above and plunged down to the nine netherworlds below. Brilliant and dazzling, their aura vast and boundless, they were like deities descending to suppress the mortal realm.
"They're here, they've finally arrived!" On the grayish earth, many people cried out in shock. Outside the battlefield, quite a few had come to watch.
At this moment, everyone retreated involuntarily, trembling from the depths of their hearts. That aura was too powerful. To many, those experts were like true gods reincarnated.
"These are 'divine beings' from beyond the heavens. Each one possesses strength that dominates the world. We truly don't know how they cultivated to such a level, nor why they must come to the Immortal Ascension Battlefield every so often for a decisive battle."
This was the question on many minds. The golden age from beyond shocked them. The radiance of peerless figures was truly dazzling—countless races stood side by side, and experts were legion.
Ye Fan's divine light dimmed and extinguished, returning to obscurity. He stood outside the Immortal Ascension Battlefield, watching silently without saying much.
The youth Bai Ye's eyes were very bright, filled with longing. He stared at those light pillars with boundless hope, dreaming that one day he too could become someone so powerful.
Big Beard and the others were deeply shaken, but soon shook their heads. Those people were too far from them, almost unreal.
Most of those enormous light pillars were located in different regions, far apart from one another. At this moment, they slowly faded, their radiance gradually withdrawing inward.
"Their cultivation has been severed, their power cut down—those people have been suppressed!"
Only then did people breathe a long sigh of relief. Those individuals were truly too powerful, each one like a deity, suffocating, as if heavenly gods had descended to the mortal world.
Faintly, traces of the Great Dao's aura still lingered and spread, not truly severed—they had withdrawn on their own.
"Some people haven't lost their cultivation!"
This was terrifying. Just how powerful were they, that even the Immortal Ascension Battlefield's effects failed? Such a result made one's hair stand on end.
Some elderly cultivators showed strange looks in their eyes, but weren't too shocked. "There have always been some who carry secret artifacts or have special opportunities. They can always preserve some of their cultivation, not losing all their power."
Moreover, these people would eventually voluntarily give up using their Dao abilities, not revealing their trump cards unless at a life-or-death moment, as if deliberately tempering themselves.
This was a battlefield. Once here, people from different camps and different regions would strive to kill other peerless experts, as if locked in a terrifying competitive relationship.
All the light pillars disappeared. People didn't know what was happening deep in the Immortal Ascension Battlefield, for this region was too vast—even larger than the Eastern Wasteland Ye Fan had seen in the past. Only light rain fell, filled with a mysterious aura.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, hundreds of miles away, rocks flew through the air, light blazed, and dozens more enormous light pillars descended. Two were too close together, and before they had even stabilized, someone struck, launching a lethal attack and starting a battle directly.
Two beams of light collided. Fragments of Dao techniques splattered everywhere. Their cultivation hadn't been severed yet, and such a world-shaking strike naturally shook the mountains and valleys.
Even the ground outside the battlefield trembled. Huge cracks spread out, several zhang wide, terrifying. Many mountain peaks rumbled and collapsed, stone mountains shattered, and dust rose to the sky.
That great explosion frightened many, and everyone retreated.
A mournful roar—an expert of unknown race, his massive body spanning the sky like a fire phoenix, covered in flames but also red scales. His ten-thousand-zhang body exploded with a thunderous boom.
A rain of blood scattered, exploding all the way to the edge of the battlefield. The fluctuation was world-shaking, terrifying beyond measure.
"Ah..."
Some people screamed, unfortunately drenched by the blood rain. They were pierced through on the spot, and the Dao fragments contained in the crimson blood severed all their life force.
"As expected of a peerless expert—a peak Great Sage was killed just like that. Too terrifying!"
Outside the battlefield, everyone's face was pale, drained of color. Just how powerful was that person? A brief decisive battle had shattered a peerless expert like a fire phoenix, shaking everyone's hearts.
Everyone retreated, choosing to keep their distance. Even standing outside the Immortal Ascension Battlefield was this unsafe. Those inside were too strong, each as powerful as a deity, their blood energy shaking the heavens.
"Roar..."
In another region, about three hundred li away, two supreme experts also encountered each other. A humanoid creature stepped out of his light pillar in a single stride, his entire body shrouded in mist, and directly pierced into another enormous light pillar. Inside was a huge lion, as if cast from gold, taller than a mountain. The two met and engaged in a brutal fight.
"Pfft"
In the end, the humanoid creature was torn apart. The golden giant lion swallowed him in one gulp. Blood splattered everywhere, piercing through the void.
Everyone was horrified. Just how powerful was that person? The law fragments contained in his blood rain pierced the void—he must have been supremely strong—yet he became another's food!
The light faded. The mountain-sized lion landed on the ground, disappearing from the sky. Clearly, his cultivation had been severed.
And so it went. From time to time, light pillars pierced the heavens in various places, brilliant and dazzling, like immortal pillars supporting heaven and earth, eternally enduring, radiating the fluctuations of supreme power.
In just half an hour, people had already discovered over a hundred "divine beings" from beyond descending. During this time, some of their light pillars encountered each other, resulting in bloody battles. At least five or six "divine beings" had fallen.
Outside the Immortal Ascension Battlefield, it was deathly silent. Many people were as if petrified. These divine beings from beyond were too powerful, more terrifying than they had imagined. Not a single one below the Great Sage realm had been discovered.
Just how many enormous beams of light had descended? No one could say for sure, because what they saw was only this region, the range their heavenly eyes could reach.
And the Immortal Ascension Battlefield was too vast. Although the light pillars pierced the heavens and shook entire territories, if they were too far apart, not all could be seen.
"This is just one corner! How many are there in total? Could it be that there are thousands, even tens of thousands of such powerful figures? Or even more!"
Many people's mouths went dry, and then they felt a chill down their spines. This feeling was uncomfortable. How had so many experts cultivated to such a level? Each one's blood energy was like an ocean—they weren't dying old fossils!
Finally, the Immortal Ascension Battlefield gradually calmed down. No more light pillars descended, and no more powerful law fluctuations spread. But this only inspired more awe.
Light rain fell. A peaceful aura appeared within the Immortal Ascension Battlefield. The ground that had been shattered just moments ago slowly healed, returning to flatness.
The Immortal Ascension Battlefield was like this—as if alive, capable of self-repair. This surprised people once again.
In the distance, commotion arose. Some people were collecting blood rain from the ground—the precious blood of the "divine beings" from beyond. Whether used for alchemy or extracting law fragments to temper artifacts, it would be greatly useful.
Without a doubt, setting aside other gains, even the shattered bodies of Great Sages were supreme treasures to many. Some people were tempted by the blood rain so close at hand.
In the end, some people entered the battlefield. Of course, they had friends or relatives outside to receive them, otherwise they would surely die trying to leave.
In the following two days, terrifying fluctuations came from the Immortal Ascension Battlefield from time to time. People were dueling, fighting life-and-death battles. One battle even reached the periphery. Many saw a humanoid creature uproot a mountain peak with his bare hands to suppress a Great Sage-level tyrannosaurus, but unfortunately failed and was torn apart, blood splattering everywhere.
On this battlefield, some races had overwhelming advantages. Their physical bodies were innately powerful, incomparable, forcing even heroes who were no weaker than them in the outside world to retreat, unable to match them.
"The path of an emperor first values the physical body. Every imperial body is the most powerful of its era, immortal through the ages, even surpassing imperial weapons." Ye Fan murmured to himself.
In the following days, Ye Fan came to watch every day, and the youth Bai Ye followed, his heart stirred. Even though it was hard to see the most terrifying "divine beings" clashing from the outside, it was still thrilling.
Ye Fan didn't enter. Although he had sensed some familiar auras, they weren't the people he longed to see, so he didn't set foot inside.
On the fifth day, a river of stars descended from the heavens. A hazy figure appeared hundreds of li away. An enormous light pillar pierced the sky—another batch of people had arrived.
Above that person's head hung a Great Dao Vase, terrifying and boundless. He directly absorbed his own light pillar in an instant, turning that place into a terrifying black hole.
"The Yao Guang lineage!" someone cried out in shock.
In that region, unfortunately, seven or eight enormous beams of light appeared directly. Someone recognized the most distinctive light pillar, and one person was right next to the black hole.
"Boom!"
The result was tragic. That person exploded, all his blood rain and broken bones swallowed by the black hole, making everyone's hair stand on end.
Afterward, the other light pillars dimmed. No more bloody battles occurred, but a cold, grim voice came, shaking the entire region for ten thousand li: "If you can't use the Devouring Demon Art, you're prey here!"
Finally, the Dao fragments dissipated, and heaven and earth returned to tranquility.
Ye Fan's expression was calm, without ripples. He still showed no intention of entering, silently watching what had just happened, a thoughtful look on his face.
These past few days, bloody battles had filled the Immortal Ascension Battlefield. Many experts from beyond had descended, and nearly half of them had been killed off in the first moments. Some had even fought all the way to the outside of the battlefield, shocking everyone.
And this place had attracted even more people. Although the elders of various cultivation sects repeatedly warned their disciples not to come here, many—including the elders themselves—still came. The temptation was too great.
"Rumble!"
On this day, deep within the Immortal Ascension Battlefield, endless divine light burst forth. A huge divine gate appeared there. Faintly, people saw a majestic heavenly pass, with sun, moon, and stars revolving around it.
People outside the battlefield were stunned into daze. What kind of place was that? Why did it look so much like the Southern Heavenly Gate of the ancient Heavenly Court from myth and legend?
Almost at the same time, more divine gates appeared in various parts of the Immortal Ascension Battlefield. Through these gates, what they saw was still that same majestic ancient heavenly pass.
"Immortal Ascension Battle!"
"How can the people of this generation be so powerful? They've connected the two realms so quickly, able to freely travel between beyond and this battlefield. Terrifying!"
This was the most important battlefield. On some divine mountains engraved with ancient seal scripts, such divine gates could be built, and some Dao mountains even preserved ancient cave dwellings from antiquity.
Here, countless people had died. Every golden age, supreme experts would arrive, engaging in decisive battles here, leaving behind countless inheritances, divine materials, and more—all sealed away, only to appear when the battlefield opened again.
For the "divine beings" from beyond, this place held special significance. They could temper their imperial bodies, obtain inheritances, forge weapons, extend their lifespans, and moreover, there was a mysterious connection with emperors and sovereigns, related to immortal ascension!
As one divine gate after another was constructed, the Immortal Ascension Battlefield was divided into many spheres of influence, occupied by the most powerful individuals.