Eternal Holy Emperor-Chapter 797 - 740 Emperor’s Trial First Level

"Emperor’s Trial, would you like to start?"

The indifferent and merciless voice emanated from the Human Emperor Tower seal on his chest, while Ye Chen just smiled.

Since the awakening of his past life in this life, over a decade had passed without hearing this voice.

He hadn’t expected it to resound once again.

It felt so familiar, so nostalgic.

Ye Chen didn’t answer immediately, letting the Gray Dragon swiftly carry him to the Gray Dragon Nest, a layered mountain valley shrouded in mist all year round, home to a vast and infinitely deep lake.

The Gray Dragon resided within the watery depths of the lake.

Moreover, in the depths of the lake, there were several Spirit Veins continuously releasing massive amounts of Spiritual Energy, blending into the lake, making cultivation here much faster than in other places.

No wonder the Gray Dragon chose this place to reside; it was indeed a Pocket World.

Ye Chen went straight to the deepest part of the lake and didn’t forget to take out the five Holy Weapons obtained from the Domain Battlefield, personally arranging the Array Patterns. With the five Holy Weapons enhancing it, he positioned the Ancestor Weapon Desolation of the Combat Saint Lineage at the heart of the Magic Array.

He had a premonition that this Emperor’s Trial would last for an extended period, possibly even several months, so he prepared for all contingencies.

Immediately, he instructed both the Corpse-devouring Worm Emperor and the Gray Dragon to keep watch diligently, ensuring no errors occurred.

When the Corpse-devouring Worm Emperor learned that Ye Chen was undertaking the Emperor’s Trial, it was greatly shocked—as it hadn’t expected such an extraordinary trial to exist within the Human Emperor Tower, specifically designed to forge an Emperor.

Legend had it that this was a trial left by an invincible Human Emperor from Ancient Times; once all the trials were passed, even the Corpse-devouring Worm Emperor doubted whether one could directly achieve the position of Human Emperor.

Naturally, it believed the Emperor’s Trial would be extremely challenging.

Ye Chen sat cross-legged at the bottom of the lake, with the Human Emperor Tower manifesting in front of him, thirty-three stories high, each floor releasing strands of Chaos Ancient Energy, hanging above his head as if to protect him.

"Emperor’s Trial, would you like to start?"

From inside the Human Emperor Tower, the indifferent and mechanical voice sounded again.

"Start!"

The next moment, a black hole appeared under the Human Emperor Tower, deep and unfathomable, its inner mysteries completely obscured, profoundly mysterious.

Ye Chen’s Primordial Spirit emerged from the Mud Ball Palace at his brow’s center and entered the Human Emperor Tower directly.

Soon, Ye Chen found himself in a familiar yet foreign vast and boundless mysterious space, surrounded by a grey haze, with Spirit Fog formed from condensed nature’s spiritual energy filling his sight, except for a clear area ten feet around him.

Undoubtedly, this was the inner space of the tower, where the nature’s spiritual energy was extraordinarily dense, able to condense into a fog-like substance.

Following his initial memories, Ye Chen stepped forward, light and quick. A distance that once took half an hour, now took only two to three steps to complete, revealing an expansive clearing with an ancient stone gate standing before him.

"Welcome to the Human Emperor Tower, True Throne holder Qian Yue, identity confirmed!"

"Push open the stone gate, and the first pass of the Emperor’s Trial will begin! Complete the first pass, and rewards will be granted!"

The voice, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, resonated once again after a long absence, so unfamiliar, yet so familiar.

The ancient gate was simple and unadorned, with the mysterious Dao Rhythm flowing around it.

Beside it, a stone stele was embedded in the ground, and an ancient inscription clearly appeared: "First gate, eighteen thousand jin!"

Ye Chen smiled slightly. Initially, when he had just awakened, he was incredibly weak and couldn’t even open the first stone gate, and he was advised to practice the Domineering Refining Saint Technique.

By then, he had already fully mastered the thirty-six cultivation diagrams of the Domineering Refining Saint Technique, and it no longer had much effect on him, since it was only aimed at those below the Divinity Transformation Realm.

Moreover, in the world above, no Body Refining Technique could compare to the Combat Saint Technique.

Simply because the creator of the Combat Saint Technique, who was a supreme Mythical Emperor and a figure parallel to the most ancient Heavenly Emperor.

Now, it wasn’t just the first gate weighing merely eighteen thousand jin that couldn’t stop him—if it had been one hundred and eighty million jin, it still wouldn’t pose a challenge.

He placed his hands on the ancient gate and gently pushed, the gate slowly opened, everything flowed as smoothly as drifting clouds and flowing water.

What came into view was an empty space with nothing inside, except for a Martial Arts Arena covering a hundred zhang squared, paved with bluestone slabs, marked with traces of use.

Ye Chen, with his superior skills and boldness, stepped inside.

A detached voice sounded again: "Emperor’s Trial Taker Qian Yue, the first trial begins now!"

Whoosh—

A figure appeared on the Martial Arts Arena, a young man with a tall and lean body, looking very heroic in a black tight-fitting outfit, but his expression was indifferent and soulless.

"Innate?"

Ye Chen was slightly taken aback because he could clearly sense the aura of this guardian, which was merely at the Innate level, specifically the Innate Third Level.

Such cultivation might be strong for a commoner, but for the current Ye Chen, a single breath could kill countless people.

The guardian of the very first challenge in the majestic Emperor’s Trial was actually an Innate Third Level Martial Artist.

But the next moment, a mysterious and irresistible force descended, transformed into a Heavenly Blade hanging in the sky, and instantly struck Ye Chen, nearly slicing away all his power, leaving only a small portion of his cultivation.

Innate Third Realm!

Indeed, the Emperor’s Trial had strict restrictive rules, allowing only challenges against those of the same realm, with no suppression from higher levels allowed.

Thus, the current Ye Chen actually had the same realm of cultivation as the guardian.

However, even being merely at the Innate Third Level, Ye Chen, with his extensive combat experience from two lifetimes, was fully capable of defeating enemies above his level.

Swoosh—

The guardian in black remained indifferent, but suddenly rushed forward unbelievably fast, closing a distance of tens of zhang in an instant, and appeared right in front of Ye Chen.

And the black-clad guardian launched a Tiger Bite Fist, the Innate True Essence materializing a fearsome, variegated tiger that opened its huge mouth to bite down.

Fast, accurate, ruthless!

Even Ye Chen, rich in combat experience, was taken aback because the opponent was too fast, arriving in a blink.

But after all, he was a former Combat Saint King, Ye Chen’s combat instincts were astonishing, almost instinctively striking back the moment his opponent charged, his hands thrusting out like a lion opening its mouth to roar, with surging Innate True Essence manifesting the majesty of a lion king, visible yet invisible, its mane bristling as it roared in attack.

Boom—

The two collided directly, each quickly retreating, but the very moment they stabilized, they charged forward again, circulating True Essence and engaging in a fierce physical clash.

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