Limitless Ascension: Strength Amid Adversity – Chapter 716

Due to his cultivation level, the spatial passage couldn’t handle it anymore, so he had no choice but to take Li Wujie and cross the stars to the Holy Realm.

Fortunately, as a Saint King, his speed was over a hundred times faster than that of an Ancient Saint. After half a day, they finally arrived at the Holy Realm.

The Holy Realm, a world that should have been prosperous and flourishing, was now suffering a terrible apocalyptic crisis.

At this moment, the whole planet was engulfed by an immense magic embryo, radiating boiling, terrifying magical energy, looking from afar like a bizarre black meatball, with billions of blood-red tentacles writhing madly on its surface.

The cultivators inside couldn’t get out, and those outside couldn’t get in.

Of course, this was only for beings below the Saint King level!

Ye Junlin, being a Saint King, naturally had the ability to break through this restriction.

He raised his hand, summoning the Human Sovereign Sword, its blade bursting with an indomitable golden light, like a grand sun shining in space, incredibly dazzling.

“Break for me!”

With one sword slash, the magic embryo was instantly cut open, revealing the fragmented Holy Realm inside.

Swish!

Ye Junlin’s expression darkened as he descended into the Holy Realm with Li Wujie.

What greeted their eyes was a somber apocalyptic scene.

The five major Holy Domains were almost in ruins, a sight of devastation. The once rich Saint Aura that filled the heavens and earth had thinned to a pathetic degree, the vegetation on the mountains had withered, and the rivers had run dry.

The entire sky lacked blue skies and white clouds, instead filled with endless black mist, with thick pulsating blood vessels woven throughout.

Ye Junlin cutting through the magic embryo without a doubt brought long-awaited light to this world!

“That’s the figure of the Celestial Emperor!” someone recognized Ye Junlin and shouted in excitement.

“The Celestial Emperor is here, we have hope for the Holy Realm!” another person knelt on the ground, tears streaming down their face.

These ten days were the darkest in the Holy Realm’s history!

A monster named Yuhua Sheng had devoured the Heavenly Dao and was refining the Holy Realm. If time went on, the entire Holy Realm along with all beings would become nutrients!

“The Celestial Emperor has appeared, he has come to save us!”

More and more cultivators learned of the news, their eyes bursting with hopeful light, excitedly shouting.

Their cries were like a mountain shaking tsunami, echoing throughout.

This was their only hope!

Swish, swish, swish~

Many figures flew in from various locations, gathering around Ye Junlin, all familiar faces.

Liu Huangshu looked quite ragged, and upon seeing Ye Junlin, he appeared spirited and said:

“Young friend Ye, you finally made it!”

Ye Junlin, sword in hand, coldly asked, “Old Liu, what’s the situation now?”

His anger was substantial!

The state the Holy Realm was in was worse than the previous Immortal Realm, making Ye Junlin’s fury boil.

“Yuhua Sheng is further refining the Star Core, and we are powerless to resist, so we can only hide for now, waiting for your return to plan our next move,” Liu Huangshu said bitterly.

“Star Core?”

Hearing this, Ye Junlin suddenly felt a sense of familiarity. After a moment of thought, he recalled this was the core that maintained each world.

Back when Kunlun Realm’s Star Core was contaminated, it caused the entire world to decline.

Its importance was self-evident!

“Reporting to the Celestial Emperor, the Heavenly Dao is dead. I can no longer sense its existence,” Tong Wudi said, his eyes red, filled with sorrow.

He was the destined child birthed by the early Immortal Realm, closely related to the Heavenly Dao. After the Immortal Realm transformed into the Holy Realm, he reaped huge benefits from it.

However, now that the Heavenly Dao was dead, Tong Wudi lost his only advantage.

He was no longer that haloed destined child, hardly any different from other strong practitioners.

“Master, that monster is incredibly strong. We have tried our best, but still can’t win. Even the Celestial Court has been destroyed,” Hong Qianye said, her hair disheveled, face stained with blood, her mood heavy.

You see, relying on the Celestial Court formation laid out by Liu Huangshu, everyone combined strength could deal with an Ancient Saint level powerhouse, but in the face of that opponent named Yuhua Sheng, it fell apart in no time!

This was seriously frustrating!

After Ye Junlin understood the situation, he said solemnly, “The Celestial Court can be rebuilt; as long as you are safe, that is what matters.”

Li Ruotong said seriously, “Friend Ye, do you know? That Yuhua Sheng was once called Yuhua Immortal Emperor. According to records, he ascended from the Kunlun Realm, and is the founding ancestor of the Yuhua Sect. He was the one who stirred trouble, colluding with alien races to attack the North Cold Immortal Domain, and the later invasion of the Undying Blood Clan also has his shadow behind it!”

“So it’s him!” Li Wujie slapped his head with an expression that was just bizarre.

I even peed on his plaque back in the day; no wonder he looked familiar as if I’d seen him before.

“The Yuhua Sect, Yuhua… Sheng, I should have thought they were connected. No wonder I felt this name was somewhat familiar,” Ye Junlin said, his lips twitching, unable to describe his inner turmoil.

Damn, that Yuhua Sect really produces a lot of talents!

Just before, he had taken down a Saint Son from the Yuhua Sect named Chen Xiao, and now the founding ancestor of the Yuhua Sect was here causing trouble!

Who would have thought a villain force that was wiped out early on could still stir up such a storm later on!

“The pressing matter is to find him and stop him from refining the Star Core of the Holy Realm!”

Ye Junlin stated resolutely.

Each planet’s Star Core is located deep within, so naturally, he would have to search from the deepest parts of the ground—

Boom!

A tremendous force shattered the ground in an instant, and Ye Junlin was enveloped in holy light, transforming into a brilliant light rainbow diving underground.

With his speed, he quickly reached the core of this world.

This was a vast underground world, not as dark and cold as one might think, but instead quite bright, surrounded by a strange energy magnetic field, seemingly having a suppressive effect on cultivation levels.

At the very front, a strange sphere was floating, wholly crafted from crystal, emanating a dim light.

This was the Star Core that maintained the operation of the Holy Realm!

At this moment, below this Star Core sat a young man in feathered robes.

The energy of the Star Core surged endlessly into his body, causing him to glow completely, shining as brilliantly as the sun.

Sensing someone approaching, Yuhua Sheng’s eyelids fluttered, and with a swish, he opened his eyes, two beams of light piercing like sharp swords, shouting, “Who?!”

The entire underground world trembled.

“Good son, I’m your father,” Ye Junlin sneered.

Yuhua Sheng froze, then laughed in anger, “I thought it was someone; turns out it’s the infamous master of the Celestial Court! You probably never expected me, Yuhua Sheng, would reach this point today, right?”

Previously, Yuhua Sheng had been stealthily developing, relying on the magic embryo to crazily devour the corpses of alien saints, his cultivation skyrocketing like he was on a rocket, breaking through to the Ancient Saint level unnoticed.

He had become the strongest practitioner in the Holy Realm, second only to Ye Junlin!

But Yuhua Sheng’s ambitions didn’t stop there; he aimed to devour the Heavenly Dao of the Holy Realm, and even the entire Holy Realm, to reach a higher level!

So, he had been lurking and quietly waiting for the opportunity to arise.

Finally.

When Ye Junlin left the Holy Realm and learned of this news, Yuhua Sheng deliberated for a long time, weighing the pros and cons, and decided to begin realizing his greatest ambition!

Yuhua Sheng was well aware, only with Ye Junlin out of the Holy Realm did he have a chance; otherwise, he would have no chance of winning!

After that, Yuhua Sheng activated the Magic Embryo Transformation Technique, devoured the Heavenly Dao, and sealed off the Holy Realm. If successful, the entire world would be refined to nothing!

Though the Celestial Court fought back valiantly during this process, without Ye Junlin, Yuhua Sheng felt no fear at all because he was frighteningly strong now. If he wasn’t diligently refining the Heavenly Dao, everyone in the Celestial Court would have been dead at his hands!

Until the Heavenly Dao was successfully refined, Yuhua Sheng directly moved to the deepest part of the Holy Realm, preparing to refine the Star Core.

Thanks to the features of his martial arts techniques, he had already devoured most of the energy of this Star Core, his cultivation making a leap from Ancient Saint to Saint King!

Yuhua Sheng no longer feared threats from anyone; he believed everything was set in stone.

At this moment, seeing the master of the Celestial Court here, Yuhua Sheng completely stopped hiding, directly tearing off the pretense.

Letting it out, I’m the biggest villain in this world!

Jie jie jie jie~