Primordial Star Scripture

"Elder Bing Shijiu, make your move."

Ye Chen's light laughter spread, reaching the ears of the eight Icebound Guardians watching the battle, causing their eyes to brighten.

"This young lad is indeed composed."

Bing Shiyi smiled slightly, "I hope his strength allows him to remain composed."

At this moment, Ye Chen's opponent, the lion-faced battle beast Bing Shijiu, also looked at Ye Chen with bright eyes, "Young lad, since you've asked me to strike first, I won't hold back. I am the weakest among the nine of us. If you can't even defeat me, then there's even less hope for you later on."

"I hope you can get past this challenge."

The moment Bing Shijiu's voice fell, his figure flashed and disappeared into thin air. The next moment, a thunderous roar resounded by Ye Chen's ear, and at the same time, Bing Shijiu's lightning-fast shape appeared directly in front of Ye Chen. With a big hand, he reached straight for Ye Chen.

In the mid-stage of the Heavenly Saint Realm, the speed of his action was incredibly fast.

The thunder-like booming sound alone would likely cause countless early-stage Heavenly Saints to be dazed, while the lightning-fast move could instantly kill those in the early stages of the Heavenly Saint Realm.

As Bing Shijiu's palm reached for Ye Chen, he vanished on the spot, and the next moment, Ye Chen had already appeared more than thirty meters high in the void.

Void Instant Shift!

This was Ye Chen's Void Instant Shift divine ability.

The prowess of Ye Chen's Void Instant Shift divine ability could increase with his strength. Now that Ye Chen's power had surged, the range of his Void Instant Shift was not only vast, but the speed was also unbelievably fast.

Ye Chen had dodged Bing Shijiu's fatal move in a flash!

When a master makes a move, you know the outcome.

Seeing Ye Chen's instantaneous move to dodge the attack, not only Bing Shijiu but also the eight Icebound Guardians watching the fight were all the more amazed. Clearly, they saw that Ye Chen indeed had the ability to fight them.

Now, having dodged Bing Shijiu's move, Ye Chen no longer hesitated. He shook his sleeves, and instantly, boundless True Qi swept out from his body.

The rolling True Qi soared into the sky, instantly rising to over three hundred meters high!

In the surging True Qi, glimmers of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth shone brightly, clearly the light of True Qi emanating from Ye Chen's Five Apertures Rotating Pill.

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"In the early stages of the Rotating Pill Realm, he already possesses such vigorous True Qi!"

Seeing Ye Chen unleash his True Qi, Bing Shijiu hesitated no more. With a roar, a tumultuous, smoke-like True Qi also surged from his body. Bing Shijiu's True Qi was a snow-white color that, in an instant, rose even higher than Ye Chen's, reaching over five hundred meters high.

On one side was Ye Chen, with black hair flying backward, wrapped in the surging True Qi of the Five Elements.

On the other side was the lion-faced, human-bodied Bing Shijiu, enveloped in the snow-white True Qi.

After invoking their True Qi, they both burst forward, clashing with each other in an instant. The two forces of True Qi collided with a thunderous impact, and amidst the explosive sounds, the two formidable opponents engaged in lightning-fast combat.

A battle at the Heavenly Saint Level!

It was completely a clash of speed!

Their fight, from the sky to the ground, was so fierce that even the void seemed to burst from time to time. Fortunately, this special space was crafted by the Divine King, otherwise, it might have collapsed from their attacks!

"He actually dares to clash head-on with Bing Shijiu!"

"He is only in the early stages of the Rotating Pill Realm! With this continuous lightning-fast exchange, this young man is going to suffer a great loss. You should know, in the mid-stage of the Heavenly Saint Realm, one's body cultivates numerous internal spaces, True Qi can continuously emerge, relentless and inexhaustible in combat. Could this young man, at the early stages of the Rotating Pill Realm, really have more True Qi than Bing Shijiu?"

"He's still too young. Although this youth is strong, he lacks combat experience."

Seeing Ye Chen's combat method against Bing Shijiu, many Icebound Guardians began shaking their heads.

"No, that's not right. After dozens of exchanges, this young man's True Qi shows no sign of diminishing!" While the other Icebound Guardians were still shaking their heads, the strongest among them, Bing Shiyi, had already spotted something amiss and showed a surprised look on his face, "I even have a feeling that this young man's True Qi might be stronger than Bing Shijiu's!"

"How is that possible?!"

"In the Rotating Pill Realm, there's only one Rotating Pill. Even if he has Five Apertures Rotating Pill, he couldn't possibly contain more True Qi than a Heavenly Saint!"

Hearing Bing Shiyi's words, the other Icebound Guardians couldn't believe it and looked carefully at Ye Chen.

With one look, all the Icebound Guardians, like Bing Shiyi, wore shocked expressions.

Because they discovered that Ye Chen, who was fighting Bing Shijiu, not only had undiminished True Qi, but the surging True Qi around his body was becoming stronger and more abundant. Unbeknownst to them, during the fight, Ye Chen's external True Qi even rose to over six hundred meters high!

What these Icebound Guardians didn't know was that Ye Chen was no ordinary Rotating Pill realm cultivator.

The Rotating Pill within Ye Chen's body had cultivated three hundred and fifty-two Five Apertures Rotating Pills!

That is to say, in terms of the quantity of Rotating Pills alone, Ye Chen had three hundred and fifty-one more than those who had cultivated the perfect Five Apertures Rotating Pill!

Furthermore, this wasn't the usual Five Apertures Rotating Pill, this was the Taiyuan Divine Pill cultivated from the Taiyuan divine skill!

Each of the Five Apertures Rotating Pills bore the might of the Five Great Divine Bloods and the power of the Starry Sky Dawn Light from within the Starlight Tower!

With all three hundred and fifty-two Five Apertures Rotating Pills' powers combined, it was no wonder Ye Chen was unfazed by Bing Shijiu!

Ye Chen had not yet revealed all his tricks; merely using his Sword Light Divine Art, he fought Bing Shijiu on equal footing, and as his True Qi continued to strengthen, he gradually overpowered Bing Shijiu completely.

In the end, after a hundred moves, Ye Chen unleashed the Great Five Elements Sword Light Divine Art, and in an instant, the emptiness within dozens of miles changed color.

The one facing Ye Chen, Bing Shijiu, felt even more that within the entire void, endless dawn light was shooting toward him. Eventually, all of this light transformed into a sky full of sword light!

Thousands of sword lights!

All shooting forth!

This earth-shattering slash covered several miles around Bing Shijiu. His body was completely engulfed within the endless sword lights that filled the space!

In the end, even Bing Shijiu was forced to unleash the late Heavenly Saint Realm aura to eradicate the relentless sword lights.

However, according to the rules, Bing Shijiu could only use the strength of the mid Heavenly Saint Level. By resorting to the late Heavenly Saint Realm aura for defense, it was a clear admission of defeat.

"I've lost."

"Ye Chen, your strength surpasses mine when I was at the mid Heavenly Saint Level."

Bing Shijiu's gaze towards Ye Chen was full of respect. It cupped a fist in salute to Ye Chen, acknowledging the defeat.

Respect!

This was respect for the powerful young prodigy!

Even without suppressing his own realm, Bing Shijiu felt deep respect for Ye Chen, whose true strength far surpassed Ye Chen's.

Ye Chen was only a sixteen-year-old youth by bone age, which, accounting for time speed, would make him about twenty years old. At such an age, being able to compete with and defeat a mid Heavenly Saint Realm powerhouse naturally earned Bing Shijiu's genuine respect.

"This youth, he truly defeated Bing Shijiu!"

"Ye Chen, his name is Ye Chen."

At this moment, the other eight Icebound Guards had solemn expressions. They no longer referred to Ye Chen as the little youth but instead addressed him by his name with due seriousness.

Some Icebound Guards even felt that if they were to suppress their realms to the mid Heavenly Saint Level, they would lose to this youth just like Bing Shijiu did.

"Next, it's my turn to fight."

After Bing Shijiu's defeat, the second Icebound Guard, a massive and strong man with a bull's head and a human body, and two giant horns stood out.

"I am Bing Shiba, from the Niu Ren clan of Heavenly Fierce Star. My strongest technique when I was in the mid Heavenly Saint Level was the 'Heavenly Thunder Slash.'" Bing Shiba, who had suppressed his realm to the mid Heavenly Saint Level, didn't look down on Ye Chen at all, "Ye Chen, would you like to rest for a while before you fight me?"

"Elder Bing Shiba!" Ye Chen cupped his fist toward Bing Shiba, "No need to rest, I have fully recovered my strength, and now I can fight again."

Soon after fighting a mid Heavenly Saint Realm powerhouse, he dared to engage another one.

Seeing that Ye Chen's aura was as robust as he claimed, all nine Icebound Guards nodded in succession.

They had recognized that Ye Chen's True Qi was definitely special, and he certainly practiced a very powerful set of True Qi Skills. Whether it was in terms of quantity of True Qi or recovery power, it was astonishingly strong, not weaker than theirs when they were at the mid Heavenly Saint Level.

Hearing that Ye Chen was ready to fight again, Bing Shiba hesitated no longer. Even without shifting its body, its five hundred zhang tall physique directly charged at Ye Chen.

But, even without transforming its body, Bing Shiba didn't gain any advantage over Ye Chen in the fight.

In fact, after only thirty-six moves, Bing Shiba was defeated just like Bing Shijiu!

At this point, all the Icebound Guards realized that Ye Chen definitely had great strength and might indeed have the hope of passing this third stage of the trials!

"Not bad, very good."

In the void, the deputy hall's spirit nodded repeatedly: "This Ye Chen, the True Qi Skill he practices, is probably not any weaker than the basic eight hundred ten sequences of the Icebound Divine Body. Now, two great Icebound Guards have failed to force out his strongest abilities, and even his Icebound Divine Body base techniques have not been used."

"Aside from the basic eight hundred ten sequences of the Icebound Divine Body, he must have other techniques!"

"Perhaps only the strongest, Bing Shiyi, might force Ye Chen to reveal his real strength."

The deputy hall's spirit speculated in its mind.

Subsequent battles progressed exactly as the deputy hall's spirit had guessed.

Having defeated Bing Shijiu and Bing Shiba, Ye Chen then rode the momentum to consecutively defeat Bing Shiqi and Bing Shiliu. After continuously defeating four Icebound Guards who had suppressed to mid Heavenly Saint Level, Ye Chen then rested for two hours to recover his True Qi and to summarize what he had gained and lost in the battles.

Then, Ye Chen went on to face more challenges.

When half a day had passed, Ye Chen even directly defeated Bing Shiwu, Bing Shisi, Bing Shisan, and Bing Shier one after another.

Of the nine Icebound Guards, in the end, only the strongest, Bing Shiyi, had yet to act.

When Ye Chen defeated Bing Shier, he had already used all of the strength developed by the three hundred fifty-two Five Apertures Rotating Pills, his swordsmanship, and the physical strength trained through the basic eight hundred ten sequences of the Icebound Divine Body, and he was nearly at his strongest state.

All Icebound Guards knew that the upcoming battle between Ye Chen and the most powerful Bing Shiyi would be the true critical fight.

If Ye Chen could defeat Bing Shiyi, then he would truly be able to pass this third stage of the trials and gain the right to inherit from their master, the great Divine King!

At that moment, Bing Shiyi, who had been observing the battles and growing ever more solemn, finally came forth at Ye Chen's request to fight.

Whoosh!

The Bing Shiyi that stepped forward, with thousand zhang long snow-white wings of a roc, spread out and looked directly at Ye Chen: "Ye Chen, come and face my 'Feather Transformation' Divine Art!"