452: Chapter 452 The Heavenly Emperor (17)

When that golden vertical eye, which seemed capable of seeing through all the falsehoods in the world, appeared in the center of the main hall, all voices of doubt vanished.

In their place was absolute conviction and even more inconceivable shock.

The Great Emperor Ancient Ancestors of the Ye Family, who had lived for who knows how many years, could no longer maintain their composure.

"The Heavenly Eye has reappeared! This is the true bearing of a Heavenly Emperor!"

"My Ye Family is about to give birth to a Heavenly Emperor who will recreate the glory of our Founding Ancestor!"

The Divine Thoughts of the several Ancient Ancestors communicated frantically in the Void Realm, excited to the point of near loss of control.

All hesitation and concern vanished into thin air at this moment.

"Yun'er's judgment will absolutely not be wrong."

The Fifth Ancient Ancestor's aged voice showed intense fluctuations for the first time as he made the final conclusion.

"The Liu Family must be in collusion with that 'great terror' from the land of the expedition!"

This conclusion caused all the high-level members of the Ye Family in the hall to feel a bone-chilling cold.

"This matter is of great importance; it is no longer just a matter for our Ye Family alone, it may even implicate the very Foundation of the entire Heavenly Court."

Another Ancient Ancestor, whose aura was equally unfathomable, analyzed calmly.

"We cannot alert the enemy; we must plan carefully."

Very quickly, a plan that combined diplomacy with internal strengthening was formulated.

"Second brother, you shall personally make this trip."

One Ancient Ancestor said to another Divine Thought phantom.

"Depart immediately, head personally to the Eastern Heavenly Court, with whom our Ye Family has been on good terms for generations, and inform the Lord of the Eastern Heavenly Court of this matter discreetly. Probe their stance, and also see the attitude of the Central Heavenly Court towards this matter."

"Agreed."

The phantom known as the Second Ancient Ancestor did not hesitate in the slightest; his Divine Thought vanished instantly, and he had already departed.

Subsequently, the gazes of all the Ancient Ancestors focused once again on Ye Yun.

"Yun'er, you bear the bearing of a Heavenly Emperor; you are the future hope of our Ye Family, and also the only variable for us to contend against that 'great terror'."

The Fifth Ancient Ancestor's voice became incomparably solemn.

"From this day on, you need not concern yourself with any worldly affairs. The Family will exhaust all its resources to formulate the most perfect cultivation plan for you."

"Your goal is to reach the Three Origins Realm within three years."

"At the same time, you must fully develop the potential of the 'Heavenly Eye'; it will be one of your most powerful reliances in the future."

"Once you achieve your goal, you may go and challenge our Ye Family's supreme trial treasure — the Heaven-Reaching Tower."

"Yes, Ancient Ancestor."

Ye Yun replied respectfully.

A cultivation plan of the highest specifications, concerning the future of the Ye Family, was thus initiated.

...

Ye Yun began a long period of secluded cultivation.

The Ye Family's massive amount of resources, like a tidal wave, were continuously sent into his place of secluded cultivation.

Those ten-thousand-year rare divine medicines and holy fruits were personally refined by the Empress into the purest Origin, washing his marrow and cleansing his meridians day and night.

The nine Ancestral Dragon veins, which served as the Foundation of the Ye Family, were even forcibly mobilized by the Ancient Ancestors with supreme power, pouring the endless essence of heaven and earth they gathered entirely into Ye Yun's body.

Under such terrifying resource allocation, Ye Yun's cultivation began to advance frantically at a speed that exceeded everyone's imagination.

The first year.

From the Body Tempering Realm, he broke through all obstacles, directly breaking through to the Spirit King Realm.

This speed had already made all the Ye Family Elders click their tongues in astonishment.

The second year.

He broke through the Realm again, successfully stepping from the Spirit King Realm into the Three Origins Realm.

He achieved the goal set for him by the Ancient Ancestors one year ahead of schedule.

The third year.

Just when everyone thought he would stop to stabilize his Realm, his aura surged again.

From the Three Origins Realm, he charged in one go into the Guiyi Realm.

This result left all the high-level members of the Ye Family who learned of this in a state of long-lasting daze and shock.

Meanwhile, in the process of his cultivation advancing by leaps and bounds, Ye Yun did not neglect the development of the "Heavenly Eye".

His third Saint Eye between his brows, under the nourishment of massive resources and the blessing of his own Comprehension Ability, finally succeeded in developing a brand new, terrifying Divine Ability specialized in slaughter.

The three-year period had arrived.

When Ye Yun, having closed the doors to his sleeping chambers for a full three years, slowly opened them.

The aura of Perfection of the Guiyi Realm around his body was like a slumbering primordial behemoth, causing the several Great Emperor Ancient Ancestors who had long been waiting outside to feel a sense of shock.

"Good! Good! Good!"

The Fifth Ancient Ancestor looked at the youth before him, whose temperament was increasingly steady and whose eyes were increasingly deep, and said the word "good" three times in a row.

"Three years to reach Guiyi, this kind of cultivation speed is truly a cultivation genius rarely seen throughout the ages!"

"Yun'er, come with us."

The phantoms of the several Ancient Ancestors personally led Ye Yun to the deepest part of the Ye Family's ancestral grounds, before an ancient tower that was pitch-black and pierced straight into the clouds.

Heaven-Reaching Tower.

This tower was thirty-six stories high and was a supreme trial treasure that the Ye Family's Founding Ancestor Heavenly Emperor, who had created an eternal glory, had obtained by chance in a Chaos ruin.

"In this tower, every level Seals the same-Realm imprint of one of our Ye Family's past powerhouses, acting as a gatekeeper."

The Fifth Ancient Ancestor explained the rules to Ye Yun.

"According to the rules, Disciples in the Three Origins Realm may challenge five levels. Those in the Guiyi Realm may challenge ten levels."

"Remember, the difficulty of this tower is extremely high and must not be underestimated. The gatekeepers of the first five levels are the imprints of Great Saints and powerhouses who have just entered the Quasi-Emperor Realm. Beyond the fifth level, they are all left by stronger Quasi-Emperors."

Ye Yun listened calmly and nodded.

"This child understands."

As his voice fell, he did not hesitate in the slightest; he took a step forward, and his figure had already submerged into the pitch-black entrance of the Heaven-Reaching Tower.

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Heaven-Reaching Tower, First Level.

The space was not large, a void.

Following Ye Yun's entry, a light figure rapidly condensed and took shape in front of him.

That was an old man wearing the attire of a Ye Family Great Saint Elder, with a powerful aura; it was exactly the same-Realm imprint of one of the Ye Family's Seven Lotus Great Sages.

The gatekeeper had no superfluous words; the moment he condensed into shape, he launched an attack directly.

However, Ye Yun's speed was faster than his.

His trip this time was to test the new Divine Ability he had developed.

"Heavenly Eye, open."

The golden vertical eye between Ye Yun's brows suddenly opened.

A tiny, almost imperceptible beam of destruction flashed out from the Saint Eye and vanished.

That Seven Lotus Great Sage's imprint had not even clearly seen Ye Yun's movement before his body froze in place.

The next moment, his figure, like a weathered sand sculpture, silently disintegrated and turned into nothingness.

Instant kill.

Ye Yun's figure appeared at the entrance of the second level.

Second level, instant kill.

Third level, instant kill.

Fourth level, still an instant kill.

The gatekeepers of the first four levels did not even have the qualification to make him stay for another breath under his terrifying Saint Eye slaughter Divine Ability.

He was unstoppable, displaying overwhelming strength.

Very quickly, Ye Yun arrived at the entrance of the fifth level.

Unlike the first four levels, the gatekeeper imprint here, the moment it condensed into shape, released a Quasi-Emperor might far exceeding a Great Saint, which descended with a boom.

Ye Yun knew that the real test had arrived.

The rewards for the first four levels, for Ye Yun who possessed the resources of the entire Ye Family, although better than nothing, were merely that.

But from this fifth level onwards, once passed, the rewards obtained would undergo a qualitative leap.