Invincible Divine Sword

Chapter 627: Chapter 627 The Danger of Perishing

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However, Tian Junheng, Chen Qiming, and the others were nowhere to be seen.

Heavenly Heart Island was as vast as Poison Fog Island, and it appeared that Tian Junheng and the others must have been transported to other parts of the island.

The spiritual energy on Heavenly Heart Island was extremely dense, and even on the outer edges, there was a faint air of Divine Spirit.

Yang Xiaotian took a deep breath and felt refreshed all over, as if his internal organs had been cleansed.

The entrance to the Heavenly Emperor Secret Realm was located in the central region of Heavenly Heart Island, so after a brief pause, Yang Xiaotian flew towards the center of the island.

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On the way, he encountered many Saint-level Spiritual Medicines, but Yang Xiaotian did not stop to collect them.

For him right now, the most important thing was to rush to the Heavenly Emperor Palace first.

Nothing else mattered.

Even the Azure Dragon Divine Fire was not important.

He could subdue the Azure Dragon Divine Fire after breaking through the Heavenly Emperor Palace later.

At full speed, half a day later, Yang Xiaotian saw a huge barrier of light in the central region of Heavenly Heart Island.

Passing through this barrier of light meant entering the Heavenly Emperor Secret Realm.

Upon seeing the barrier, Yang Xiaotian was greatly excited and sped up, finally arriving in front of the light barrier.

The barrier had supreme restrictions, but disciples who had passed the second round could easily pass through it.

After Yang Xiaotian passed through the light barrier, he saw a colossal Divine Palace standing at the end of the path before him.

The Divine Palace exuded an overwhelming divine majesty and imperial aura. Even from a great distance, the terrifying divine and imperial might crashed down on Yang Xiaotian like towering waves.

Yang Xiaotian gazed at the Heavenly Emperor Palace at the end of the heavens.

With such divine and imperial might, ordinary Divine Spirit second and third-level disciples would struggle just to breathe, let alone enter the Heavenly Emperor Palace to take part in the trials.

It seemed that the trial at the Heavenly Emperor Palace was going to be much more difficult than Yang Xiaotian had imagined.

Yang Xiaotian’s Divine Divine Martial Arts activated, wrapped in the Primordial Heaven Destiny God Light, and he flew toward the Heavenly Emperor Palace.

Half an hour later, Yang Xiaotian finally reached the Heavenly Emperor Palace.

Up close, he realized that the Heavenly Emperor Palace was truly gigantic, standing tall above the island, soaring skywards, making people seem like mere dust in front of it.

The doors of the Heavenly Emperor Palace were tightly shut. When Yang Xiaotian pushed against them, he felt a weight as heavy as the Ancient Divine Mountain, and they didn’t budge an inch.

With the force of his push, Yang Xiaotian could have moved an entire city, yet he couldn’t open the door before him.

The materials used to forge the doors of the Heavenly Emperor Palace must be of terrifying weight!

In the Heavenly Court Plaza, a huge Stone Mirror floated, which displayed the scenes of the Heavenly Emperor Palace. Through the Stone Mirror, everyone could see the situation of Yang Xiaotian and the others.

The Great Beginning Heavenly Emperor saw that Yang Xiaotian couldn’t budge the doors of the Heavenly Emperor Palace and smiled at Qi Tian Medicine God and Yuan Wei, saying, “How long do you think this youngster will take to push open the doors of the Heavenly Emperor Palace?”

In the past, it had taken him a full hour to push open the doors of the Heavenly Emperor Palace.

Qi Tian Medicine God smiled and said, “I think it will take at least half a day.”

Yuan Wei nodded and smiled, “When Your Majesty entered the Heavenly Emperor Palace for the trials, you were at the fifth level of Divine Spirit, right?”

The Great Beginning Heavenly Emperor, being a Heavenly Emperor of his generation, naturally possessed extraordinary talent and combat strength. Even so, it had taken him an entire hour to open the doors of the Heavenly Emperor Palace despite being at the fifth level of Divine Spirit.

Yang Xiaotian was only at the fifth level of Saint Realm at the moment.

If he could open the doors within half a day, that would already be quite impressive.

The trial in the Heavenly Emperor Palace actually began the moment they arrived in front of the palace.

Although it didn’t take the half day that Qi Tian Medicine God had guessed, Yang Xiaotian still spent over three hours to finally push open the doors of the Heavenly Emperor Palace.

After pushing them open, Yang Xiaotian was gasping for breath, nearly collapsing from exhaustion.

Just now, he hadn’t simply been pushing open the doors of the Heavenly Emperor Palace; while doing so, he had also had to endure the onslaught of endless divine might and imperial might emanating from the palace.

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When Yang Xiaotian entered the Heavenly Emperor Palace, the doors of the palace closed behind him again.

Inside the grand hall, it was dark, and the space was vast, resembling a large plain. In the center stood a towering Divine Statue.

Yang Xiaotian gazed at the statue before him and slowly said, “Emperor Taihuang!”

Emperor Taihuang, one of the Heavenly Emperors from among the seventeen generations in the Heavenly Court.

He was also a Heavenly Emperor with an illustrious reputation during the Ancient Era.

Yang Xiaotian scanned the grand hall and beside this singular statue of the Heavenly Emperor, there was nothing else.

Sword Heavenly Monarch had mentioned that entering the Heavenly Emperor Palace was to participate in the trial, but he didn’t specify how to begin the trial, so figuring out how to start it was something Yang Xiaotian needed to discover on his own.

Yang Xiaotian approached the statue of Emperor Taihuang, and upon closer inspection, he noticed an intricate network of fine lines, which resembled Runes used to activate a Formation.

A thought struck Yang Xiaotian, and he flew around the statue, finally placing his hand on the statue’s hand and stimulated the Primordial Universe Holy Force within him.

Instantly, the Divine Statue of the Heavenly Emperor shone brightly.

Seeing this scene, Yuan Wei smiled and said, “Finally, the first layer of the trial is about to begin, though it’s uncertain whether this lad can condense the first Heavenly Emperor Seal!”

Upon passing each layer of the trials, the Heavenly Emperor Palace rewards the participants based on their performance.

For example, as a reward, cultivation advancement.

The highest reward is the Heavenly Emperor Seal.

However, attaining the Heavenly Emperor Seal is extremely difficult.

For instance, many geniuses complete the first layer of the trial typically in one day; to receive the Heavenly Emperor Seal as a reward, one must complete the first layer within an hour.

Completing the trial in one day is already quite a challenge, let alone within an hour.

“It’s hard to say,” answered Qi Tian Medicine God with a shake of his head.

To finish the trial at such high speed, not only talent and combat power are required, but luck plays a part too.

Because each layer of the trials has different difficulties, such as regular and extremely difficult. If one activates a trial of regular difficulty, it is relatively easy to complete. However, if one is unlucky enough to activate a very difficult trial, obtaining the Heavenly Emperor Seal is nearly impossible.

“I hope this lad can obtain more Heavenly Emperor Seals than I did,” Great Beginning Heavenly Emperor said with a smile.

During his trial in the Heavenly Emperor Palace, he had obtained nine Heavenly Emperor Seals.

With a total of seventeen Heavenly Emperors in the Heavenly Court, collecting all their seals would total seventeen Heavenly Emperor Seals.

Yet, collecting all is as hard as ascending to the heavens.

No Heavenly Emperor has ever succeeded in collecting every seal.

As Yang Xiaotian’s Holy Power covered all of the lines on the Divine Statue, suddenly, there was a flash of light, and the scenery before his eyes changed dramatically; he was now in the Dark Demon World.

All around him, Dark Demons filled the sky and the land, an endless horde.

And at the furthest end of this Dark Demon World was the exit.

At this moment, countless Dark Demons swarmed towards Yang Xiaotian. Taking a deep breath, he activated his Eternal Divine Body, Primordial Heaven Destiny Divine Body, piercing through space and heading straight for the exit.

These Dark Demons were not strong, only at the first realm of Divine Spirits.

With full force activation of his two Divine Bodies, Yang Xiaotian was like an invincible rocket, continually blasting the Dark Demons away.

But there were simply too many Dark Demons, densely packed and continuously rushing forward, greatly hindering Yang Xiaotian’s speed, even with his two Divine Bodies.

Although Yang Xiaotian’s combat power was astonishing, the endless sea of Dark Demons that seemed to have no end in sight also made his scalp tingle.

It was only now that he understood what Sword Heavenly Monarch meant by saying that there was still the danger of perishing during the trials of the Heavenly Emperor Palace.

If his Holy Power were exhausted and he couldn’t reach the exit, he would inevitably perish at the hands of these Dark Demons.

The scene before him wasn’t an illusion; all these Dark Demons were real.