The robust, powerfully built man's resonant, deep voice slowly echoed across the expanse, his arm muscles bulging high. Explosive power permeated from within his $\langle\text{body}\rangle$, directly pushing the surrounding space away.

"Hundred Thousand Times Amplitude!"

The robust man's aura became earth-shattering, completely suppressing Ye Chen's momentum.

Like an ancient Demon Lord, he stood poised in the sky, looking down upon the entire world. Facing Ye Chen, who was surging upward against heaven's will, he roared, drawing a demonic, blood-red battle saber from the void and cleaving it down directly.

Ye Chen roared and shot into the sky, the Yan God Hammer smashing down violently.

Bang!

The two figures shuddered violently, each thrown back. With the secret tome amplified by one hundred thousand times, the energy within the robust man's $\langle\text{body}\rangle$ was slightly inferior to Ye Chen's by about ten times; however, aided by the assistance of the Cosmic Domain, he still held a clear advantage, forcing Ye Chen to retreat several thousand zhang.

The surging power of their clash caused the surrounding sky to tremble violently, as if space itself were a scroll ready to be torn apart at any moment.

The eighteen peak God Spirit powerhouses standing at the entrance of the passage watched the battle raging in the sky with Ye Chen, their hearts filled with dread. They could scarcely imagine that a junior at the Demigod Realm could engage a God Emperor in such a fierce fight!

At this moment, Ye Chen was silently counting time in his heart. In his reflexes, one second could be used as one minute. After exchanging hundreds of blows in an instant, the blood energy within his $\langle\text{body}\rangle$ boiled fiercely, his face flushed red. Gazing at the robust man whose expression remained calm, intense unwillingness flashed in his eyes.

"Is this the strength of a God Emperor?" "With his power, he definitely hasn't unleashed his self-detonation type secret arts yet."

Ye Chen clenched his fists, halted his retreat after falling back a thousand zhang, and sighed slightly in his heart, "It seems this is the only way." As he spoke, a brilliant golden light shimmered over his skin, the blood surging in his veins, faintly audible dragon roars sounding out. A vast power churned and boiled from within his $\langle\text{body}\rangle$.

"Ancestral Dragon Secret Tome."

"Refine!"

Ye Chen's expression became resolute. He circulated the Ancestral Dragon Secret Tome he had seized on the Thunder Continent years ago. This was a secret tome invented by the Dinosaur Civilization, capable of converting potent blood energy or energy into substances that stimulated physical metamorphosis. As the Ancestral Dragon Secret Tome unfolded, the pale golden heart in his right chest trembled violently. Eight faint wisps of golden mist, like small dragons, coiled around it. Strands of pure energy surged from this heart, circulating into the blood within his $\langle\text{body}\rangle$. Every cell, every gene, every bone was trembling in excitement.

Rumble~

The robust man, just about to charge forward, suddenly stopped. His pupils constricted as he stared at the man in astonishment. He saw that Ye Chen’s expression was calm and composed, his entire body shrouded in golden light, enveloped by an earth-shattering, mysterious magnetic field that even his power could not penetrate.

Above the peak where the Genius Battle was held, the very air began to undulate. Dark clouds churned and boiled, and a golden vortex slowly condensed above. This vortex spanned a massive area, drawing the attention of every spectator watching the Genius Battle, who were all captivated by the bizarre phenomenon.

The entire Genius Battle was covered by a metallic-glass dome. When the referee announced the termination of the battle, the control room adjusted the metallic glass to be transparent, allowing those inside to look directly at the sky. At once, everyone was stunned, unsure what was causing such a terrifying spectacle.

All the reporters aimed their high-definition electronic cameras toward the sky, broadcasting this miraculous scene live. The entire Ancient Continent erupted in an uproar. Everyone watching the horrifying, sudden event unfolding above the abruptly halted Genius Battle gasped in shock and began discussing it fiercely.

Through various reports from the weather stations, the people of the Ancient Continent had witnessed all manner of natural phenomena, yet they had never seen such a peculiar sight.

Under the gaze of all, the golden vortex churned the violent clouds and slowly opened, revealing a golden ocean within. Anyone on the mountain peak could feel an aura of vast Pseudo-Divine Power at this moment. This aura of Pseudo-Divine Power was so dense that even God Emperor powerhouses felt a tremor of fear deep in their hearts.

The robust man was among them. He watched helplessly as this man before him broke through to the Pseudo-Divine Realm at this critical juncture. A strong sense of impending danger welled up in him, urging him to turn and flee. But remembering the Heavenly Dao Scripture, he gritted his teeth and remained, waiting for the instant the transformation ended, intending to strike with lightning speed to conclude the battle at any cost, and then flee far away.

While he contemplated, all of Ye Chen’s secret arts were deactivated, including the still-burning Blood God Mode. This forcefully halted the burning process, leaving 3 million years of the original 10 million years of lifespan residue.

Rumble~

From the golden ocean, a pillar of golden divine power, a thousand zhang in diameter, slowly flowed out, enveloping Ye Chen and completely enclosing him. This monstrous Pseudo-Divine Power was rapidly remodeling every cell in his $\langle\text{body}\rangle$, fundamentally altering his genes, and converting the Demigod Power within him into Pseudo-Divine Power.

Ye Chen immediately seized the opportunity, madly absorbing the Pseudo-Divine Power within his $\langle\text{body}\rangle$ and stuffing it into the Source Crystal Grass inside him. This small grass possessed no offensive capability, but it grew extremely fast, having naturally consumed Ye Chen's Demigod Power as food for many years. It had long since reached the level of a peak God Spirit.

Ye Chen’s energy poured in like a breaching river. Under Ye Chen's command, the entire Source Crystal Grass ravenously absorbed this Pseudo-Divine Power, which had been compressed by the Heavenly Dao Scripture.

Normally, when a person undergoes inheritance, they must temper the Pseudo-Divine Power and merge it into their $\langle\text{body}\rangle$; this breakthrough process takes 30 seconds. But with Ye Chen's absorption talent, this speed was directly increased tenfold, taking only three seconds to fill his $\langle\text{body}\rangle$ with Pseudo-Divine Power to 100%!

The remaining nine portions of Pseudo-Divine Power gained in those seconds were injected into the Source Crystal Grass. The grass's storage capacity far exceeded Ye Chen's, easily allowing it to swallow all that Pseudo-Divine Power.

Ye Chen quietly felt the elation of the cells within his $\langle\text{body}\rangle$, sensing that his sight, hearing, and all aspects far surpassed his previous state, especially his lifespan!

Why hadn't he rushed to break through to the Pseudo-Divine Realm before? Was it not for the terrifying increase in lifespan that came with the breakthrough?

Ordinary Demigods had a lifespan of 10 years. Upon successfully breaking through to the Pseudo-Divine Realm, it became 100 million years. However, Ye Chen's Heavenly Dao Scripture directly increased his lifespan by a factor of one billion times!

"This vitality..."

"Every cell, every nerve, is rejoicing, leaping..." Ye Chen was somewhat intoxicated, knowing now the terrifying extent of his current lifespan, and this was precisely the terror of the Heavenly Dao Scripture!

While Ye Chen underwent his metamorphosis, the outside world also erupted in earth-shattering clamor.

Everyone noticed the Pseudo-Divine Power ocean in the sky suddenly engulfing the man in black, causing a complete frenzy. Any person at the Demigod Realm would recognize this scene: the transformation under the infusion of divine power during a physical breakthrough.

However...

This commotion was too terrifying!

For ordinary Demigods breaking through, the infusion of Pseudo-Divine Power was only the thickness of a single finger; those with strong aptitude might manage an arm's thickness—that would be extraordinary.

The divine power surrounding Ye Chen at this moment was incredibly dense, and the area it covered was astonishing.

Furthermore, at this very moment, significant disturbances arose in various secret locations across the Ancient Continent.

In a ghost-wailing, eerie demon mountain in the north, the ground was littered with skeletons, exuding a foul, corrupt stench, alongside broken weapons and the skeletal remains of unknown monsters spanning a thousand kilometers—a truly shocking sight.

From a cave entrance atop this demon mountain, two crimson lights suddenly appeared, like a pair of red lanterns, bizarrely bloodthirsty and carrying a hint of excitement. A sinister voice whispered, "The successor of the Heavenly Dao has finally emerged after all these years?"

"The hatred from that severed arm back then—today, let this successor atone for it. Moreover, the Heavenly Dao Scripture you painstakingly researched in your lifetime, I shall claim as well... ... ..." Whoosh!

A gust of eerie wind blew, and the entire demon mountain, amidst a deep rumbling sound, rose from the ground, tearing through the air and speeding rapidly into the distance, vanishing in a flicker.

Among the fragments of stars glittering outside the continent, one fragment suddenly shot forth, from which a powerful, ancient figure burst out, laughing uproaringly at the sky: "The Origin Realm storing divine power has opened, releasing this much Pseudo-Divine Power at once—looking across the world, besides the successor of the Heavenly Dao, who else could achieve such a feat?" "You killed my wife and children back then; too bad the one who killed you didn't include me. This time, your successor will pay the price for you!"

He let out a sharp cry and charged toward the distance, his hair flying wildly.

Deep beneath the Imperial Palace of the Ice and Snow Empire on the Ancient Continent, a towering, middle-aged man sat cross-legged. Before him floated a blue crystal, spinning above his forehead, its soft light illuminating his face and eyes, revealing a cold glint.

"Successor of the Heavenly Dao? I didn't expect you truly weren't wiped out back then. That God Boat that shook the continent is nowhere to be found; it's likely in this disciple's hands. Hmph, I shall take the Heavenly Dao Scripture and the God Boat together. You destroyed 300 of my vassal states and slaughtered 600 of my empire's God Emperors back then—this blood feud, you might evade it, but your disciple cannot!"

He sneered, slowly rising to his feet. This ancient figure gazed toward the distance, a hint of contemplation in his eyes, before slowly grasping the blue crystal before him, murmuring softly, "This time, I must borrow your strength."

As Ye Chen broke through to the Pseudo-Divine Realm, all the ancient figures across the Ancient Continent were stirred at that very moment. Hermit elders who had not shown themselves for ages broke through the earth and began converging toward the Genius Peak.

Thirty seconds passed. The intoxication in Ye Chen's eyes slowly receded. He lowered his head, his white hair floating without wind, his skin radiating an oppressive, vigorous vitality.

Upon breaking through to the Pseudo-Divine Realm, his lifespan increased by a billionfold, now standing at 100 zhao. The flesh of his body could not decay for countless eras!

This was precisely why Ye Chen had chosen to resolutely burn his entire lifespan earlier. Faced with 100 zhao of lifespan, 10 million years was utterly insignificant.

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