Eternal Holy Emperor

However, all of this had not yet ended, because in the next moment, everything changed. Ye Chen was punching, grand and majestic, but what was even more shocking was that on that golden Holy Fist, there appeared a broad illusion of a Heavenly Palace, towering over the heavens, resembling the Mythical Emperor Court.

That was the illusion of the Ancient Divine Palace, which he also displayed.

The power was the same, and he demonstrated it, how was this even possible?

Yet, shocking events concerning the Combat Saint King continued to unfold one after another.

Because subsequently, he transformed again, his back trembled, and suddenly scarlet light soared into the sky. To the naked eye, a pair of Immortal Phoenix Divine Wings appeared, as if interwoven with Immortal Fire Runes, spanning across the Ninth Layer Heaven, burning the heavens, making countless people gasp in amazement.

Unexpectedly, even the supreme divine form like the Innate Immortal Phoenix Divine Wings was constructed, how astonishing.

Rumble——

The heavens shattered, Divine Light soared into the sky, the mighty power surged rhythmically, unceasing before the eyes.

The Combat Saint King demonstrated not only the Heavenly Stele Palm, the Ancient Divine Palace illusion, and the Immortal Phoenix Divine Wings, but also various astounding Divine Power Secret Techniques gradually unfolded.

Like the Roc spreading its wings against the heavens, the Heavenly Mountain and Divine Mountain crushing the heavens, the Heavenly Spear cutting through ancient and modern times, and so forth, one by one were performed, causing the entire Heavenly Earth Battle Platform to tremble violently, the engraved Array Patterns and runes neared obliteration, and massive cracks appeared on the solid and immortal battle platform.

However, these divine skills were precisely the skills that Gu Changsheng had just used, and now they all appeared in the hands of the Combat Saint King, with undiminished power, even surpassing in prowess.

Everyone was stunned, even Li Xuan was overwhelmed, these divine skills were actually all demonstrated by a single Combat Saint King.

The world finally came to realize, and Li Xuan felt bitter about it.

No wonder the Combat Saint King didn't unleash his full potential earlier, it turned out he was actually learning in secret, stealing the Divine Powers displayed by Gu Changsheng and transforming them into his own moves.

Even ignoring the fact that he secretly learned them, just his ability to turn these stolen Divine Powers for his own use had to be astoundingly admirable.

Because how could an ordinary person secretly learn such skills?

Could these Divine Powers be stolen without mastering the core secret technique?

But Ye Chen, being incredibly intelligent, the Combat Saint Technique was the strongest combat technique created by the first Combat Saint Ancestor, designed to develop one's combat power to the utmost, with a special effect that allows learning others' divine skills and transforming them for personal use; that is why it's forbidden and invincible throughout the ages.

In the battle between Ye Chen and Gu Changsheng, he relied on the Combat Saint Technique to continuously understand the opponent's divine skills, further boosted by a surge of Power of Faith, his mental perception reached its limits, allowing him to learn extensively.

And with his wisdom, even learning most of the skills, he could still perform them, and moreover unleash the highest tenfold power.

"Ah..."

Gu Changsheng let out a sharp cry, the body that had already been repaired soared into the sky, fleeing far to the horizon.

He couldn't bear such a blow; every moment staying here was akin to enduring the Eighteen Layers of Hell.

This world was simply a place of humiliation for him, not achieving unparalleled glory but rather establishing the Combat Saint King, while he became a tragedy.

Whatever rivalry existed, whatever strongest prodigy, whatever heir of the Ancient Divine Palace, the opponent had never really considered him a threat; the sole purpose was to learn his divine skills through mere observation.

It's laughable that he thought he could suppress the opponent, but never regarded the opponent as a real threat either.

Ultimately the biggest joke was actually on him.

Everything was unbearable.

Li Xuan, the elder of the Ancient Divine Palace, watched as Gu Changsheng flew away without any intervention, appearing indifferent, said: "So what if he lost? Who from ancient to modern times can truly remain invincible forever? Not even the most powerful mythical Emperors and Sovereigns, they have all faced unstoppable hardships; all of them have gone through the Life and Death Tribulation but never gave up, always persevering and climbing to the peak of the Dao in the end. If one cannot accept even this minor defeat, how can one climb to the peak of the Dao, dominate the world, or surpass the predecessors to venture into new territories? Without realizing this for a day, one doesn't qualify to be the heir of my Ancient Divine Palace."

His words were harsh, but for the transcendent Ancient Divine Palace, there's no need for weaklings to become heirs; mere supremacy of combat power means nothing, more importantly, one needs to have an invincible Dao Heart, truly qualifying to become the master of the Ancient Divine Palace.

"That's right, he doesn't qualify to be the heir of the Ancient Divine Palace, from now on, I am the heir of the Ancient Divine Palace."

At this time, a voice suddenly interjected, it was Ye Chen.

He had exhausted all the divine paths, returned to peace, standing alone, and calmly looked at Li Xuan: "Since I emerged victorious at last, then I should be the heir of the Ancient Divine Palace, and also the next Palace Master of the Ancient Divine Palace."

"..."

Li Xuan was momentarily at a loss for words.

Because initially, all of this was just idle talk, about the heir of the Ancient Divine Palace, about the Mythical Crown, all were prepared only for Gu Changsheng.

To forge him into the invincible heir of the Ancient Divine Palace under everyone's attention.

But unexpectedly, Ye Chen suddenly appeared and overpoweringly and decisively defeated Gu Changsheng, seizing the identity of the final victor, causing the plan of the Ancient Divine Palace to utterly fail.

This made Li Xuan's expression a bit ugly, he said, "Combat Saint King, do you really want to become the heir of my Ancient Divine Palace?"

"Why not!"

Ye Chen's words were firm, he naturally didn't care about the so-called heir identity, but what was the Ancient Divine Palace? It existed for as long as the Ancient God Continent did, housing the most secrets of the ancient great power, significantly knowing most secrets of the Ancient Emperor Realm, possessing endless hidden treasures, and countless strong individuals.

Why not incorporate it as his own power?

If the entire Ancient God Continent could be for his use, not to mention anything else, just the power of the Nine Great Empires would make even the Supreme Sacred Lands of the Heavenly and Myriads of Realms extremely fearful, without the presence of ancient great powers, even the number of Heavenly Kings cannot compare.

The Ancient Divine Palace could transcend and tower above the Nine Great Ancient Emperor Dynasties, making the Nine Great Dynasties unable to rebel, indicating its power is definitely greater.

Why not grasp such heritage power?

The future is cruel, he had seen it on the River of Time, the Heavenly and Myriads of Realms were almost repeating the disaster of the Mythical Era, even worse, only one Supreme himself remained at the last, everyone around him had passed away.

The enemies he had to face at that time would surely be the most terrifying of all time, he naturally needed to cultivate an invincible power to resist the enemies.

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Now, Li Xuan's expression was exceedingly ugly, yet he had spoken those words himself, with no room for rebuttal, now caught in a dilemma.

If it were someone else, even those Crown Princes of the Dynasties, he would have bullied or coaxed, but faced with a Combat Saint King who had one foot in the Heavenly King Realm, he had no such capability.

Such a character was far more horrifying than imagined.

Moreover, no one knew what he and the Heavenly Kings of the Nine Great Empires talked about initially, this always made him suspicious and deeply fearful.

"What, is there any objection?" Ye Chen said, looking at him very calmly, with an entirely equal-tone.

Li Xuan shook his head with some bitterness, saying: "Apologies, the matter of the heir is not for me to decide, the Supreme Elder and the Palace Master need to discuss it before a decision can be made."

Ye Chen's expression darkened: "What, is the Ancient Divine Palace planning to renege in front of the whole world, retract the promise made earlier to everyone's face?"

His voice wasn't loud, but beyond the Heavenly Earth Battle Platform, it transformed into rumbles of thunderous sound, echoing over the entire Ancient God City, and resounding within tens of thousands of miles, spreading the world, announcing to the world.

In an instant, countless people in the entire city heard it clearly, unmistakably.

The whole city erupted in astonishment!