Primordial Star Scripture

Ye Chen looked at the "Purple Lightning Divine Sword" and "Heavenly Origin Divine Stone" in his hand, nodding in satisfaction.

Heavenly Cloud Venerable had left more than a thousand Divine Artifacts and Divine Treasures in this special treasure space, and from the vast collection, Ye Chen had chosen just these two pieces, which spoke volumes about their allure to him.

The Purple Lightning Divine Sword was a superior-grade offensive Divine Artifact, more powerful than the medium-grade Divine Artifact "Thunder Gourd" Ye Chen had previously obtained from Bing Ao.

The reason this divine sword caught Ye Chen's eye was not just because of its superior-grade offensive artifact status but more importantly, it had three major forbidden sword techniques hidden within.

The three forbidden sword techniques were respectively known as "Purple Glow," "Extreme Lightning," and the Ultimate Sword Technique, sharing the same name as the sword itself— "Purple Lightning"!

By mastering the first forbidden sword technique "Purple Glow," one could directly unleash thirty percent of the Purple Lightning Divine Sword's hidden power; mastering the second technique "Extreme Lightning" would unlock sixty percent.

Once the Ultimate Sword Technique "Purple Lightning" was mastered, it would fully unleash all ten levels of hidden power within the Purple Lightning Divine Sword, even potentially doubling its combat prowess to the level of a Heaven-reaching Divine Artifact!

On the surface, the Purple Lightning Divine Sword appeared to be just a superior-grade offensive Divine Artifact, but with all its hidden powers combined, it truly reached the level of a Heaven-reaching Divine Artifact.

Although the three forbidden sword techniques were extremely difficult to learn, the mere true power of a Heaven-reaching Divine Artifact was more than enough to attract Ye Chen.

Moreover, Ye Chen had been looking for a sword-type weapon to wield.

The "Black Fire Sword" he was previously using was simply a top-grade treasure artifact, which was now far from sufficient for his use in battle.

The "Red Fire" flying sword, although of top-grade holy artifact quality and very useful, posed potential to transform into a Divine Artifact under the nourishment of the embryonic form of the Virtual Heaven Sword, but as a flying sword, its combat style was more suited for sneak attacks rather than direct confrontations.

With the "Purple Lightning Divine Sword," Ye Chen once again truly possessed a very important weapon for direct combat.

As for choosing the Divine Treasure "Heavenly Origin Divine Stone," which could continually nurture and strengthen the three major signs of life—essence, qi, and spirit—it was because Ye Chen realized that enhancing these three vital signs was most crucial for the cultivation of both lower-plane martial artists and those from the Divine Kingdom.

Ye Chen already possessed quite a few treasures, but upon seeing that the "Heavenly Origin Divine Stone" was highly regarded by Heavenly Cloud Venerable himself as greatly beneficial for the three signs of life and required no special cultivation—if one merely carried it daily—

Ye Chen naturally did not hesitate to choose this treasure.

With this treasure, Ye Chen believed that even without cultivating in the Divine Kingdom, his foundation would not be weaker than that of the cultivators there.

After Ye Chen chose his treasures, he waited for Little Provincial Princess Fang Luo to make her selection.

Although the Little Provincial Princess was only twelve years old, still a little girl, her insights were anything but shallow, given she came from the Eastern Provincial King's Residence.

In the end, the Little Provincial Princess did not select a Divine Artifact; instead, like Ye Chen, she chose a Divine Treasure known as the "Multi-Spirit Treasure Jade."

This "Multi-Spirit Treasure Jade" had a significant effect on enhancing the True Qi Life Vital Sign, one of the three major life signs, even stronger in that aspect than Ye Chen's "Heavenly Origin Divine Stone."

While it did not enhance the other two life signs as much as the "Heavenly Origin Divine Stone," the Little Provincial Princess's weakest aspect was her True Qi Life Vital Sign, so she preferred the "Multi-Spirit Treasure Jade" more.

After both Ye Chen and the Little Provincial Princess chose their desired treasures, Lan Xi God King smiled and nodded before leading them out of the special treasure space.

Only long after the three of them had left did an elder of the Ice Wing Tribe bring the True God Hunters, who had earned enough reward points, into the special treasure space to make their selections following Ye Chen and the Little Provincial Princess.

Among them was Bing Ao, the True God Hunter who had exchanged his two Divine Artifacts with Ye Chen for over four thousand points, and he became the one who could redeem the most treasures.

After selecting four treasures he wanted, Bing Ao smiled in satisfaction and muttered to himself, "Thanks to my trade with young friend Ye Chen, I had this opportunity to exchange for these four treasures. I must keep this favor from Ye Chen in my heart."

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Of course, Ye Chen was unaware of Bing Ao's thoughts. Once he, the Little Provincial Princess, and Lan Xi God King returned to the icy land outside Ice God Mountain, they, along with the other twenty-nine martial artists who had broken into the third level, set off for the third cultivation site.

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Four months later.

Ye Chen burst forth from the ultimate fifth training location in the Minor Pole Sky.

Behind Ye Chen, of the original thirty-one who entered the third training location, only the Little Provincial Princess remained besides him.

This meant that, in the end, only Ye Chen and the Little Provincial Princess had managed to enter the ultimate fifth training location!

During these four months, a lot had happened.

As before, in the first physical training location "Eighty-Eight Training Chambers" and the second True Qi training location "Thousand Leaves Platform of the Laws," Ye Chen and the other thirty-one cultivators spent a month training in the third location dedicated to Divine Soul cultivation, the "Shock the Divine Tower."

In this month, others might not have been clear, but Ye Chen's Divine Soul strength had truly undergone a qualitative leap.

After being refined by the venerable level training secret realm of the "Shock the Divine Tower," Ye Chen's already powerful Divine Soul had become even more terrifyingly strong. Now, even true gods below the level of the fifth tribulation launching a Divine Soul attack against Ye Chen would find him confidently resilient.

Besides the tremendous increase in Divine Soul strength, another significant gain was Ye Chen's completion of the incredibly powerful Divine Arts of the Divine Soul, "Destruction Eye Skills," which he originally acquired from the Fat and Thin Saints. He had not only completed his training but even surpassed the level that the Fat and Thin Saints had achieved.

The Destruction Eye Skills of the Divine Soul possessed two great divine mights: "Destruction" and "Annihilation."

The divine might of "Destruction" could see through many hidden things, concealed attacks included.

And the divine might of "Annihilation" was even capable of directly launching Divine Soul attacks.

Having learned this set of Divine Arts, Ye Chen also made a qualitative improvement in terms of Divine Soul techniques.

With three major life signs, Ye Chen now had the basis of the Icebound Divine Body with its 810 forms and the Undying Divine Body for his physical techniques; he had the Five Great Divine Arts and sword arts for his True Qi techniques; and now, for his Divine Soul techniques, Ye Chen also possessed the divine might of the "Destruction Eye Skills!"

After the three training locations, Ye Chen's combat skills had truly reached the pinnacle of what he could master at his current stage! Stay tuned for updates on empire

After completing the training at the third location, "Shock the Divine Tower," Ye Chen and the other thirty martial artists proceeded to the third test area for assessment, the "Shock the Divine Bridge," where they underwent the third seven-day assessment.

This assessment had even higher requirements than the previous two.

They needed to accumulate a total of ten thousand assessment points to pass this test and enter the fourth training location.

The method of assessment involved killing a type of spirit object that attacked with Divine Soul known as "Puppet Dolls" on the "Shock the Divine Bridge."

As expected, very few people managed to break into the fourth training location, not only Fang Hua and Xiao Yi, the two remaining martial artists from the lower planes apart from Ye Chen, but all were eliminated.

Even the young people of the Divine Kingdom, over thirty in number who had broken into the third assessment location, were all eliminated.

In the end, only Ye Chen, Little Provincial Princess, Tian Li, Zhao Xin, Meng Qi, and Hu Lin six people successfully broke into the fourth training location.

Among these six, aside from Ye Chen, the remaining five were all descendants of the great powers of the Divine Kingdom.

This caused Fang Hua and Xiao Yi, who were eliminated and eventually sent back to Minor Pole Sky's previous realms, to talk with Ye Chen for a long time, even expressing their admiration and amazement!

It also made all the young people from the Divine Kingdom who were eliminated remember Ye Chen's name, remembering the deeds of Ye Chen in overcoming the first three challenges!

After Ye Chen and the other five entered the fourth training location.

On the Extreme Heavenly Rankings, after three rounds of assessments, Ye Chen and the Little Provincial Princess were still far ahead!

And the fourth training location was after the "Three Major Life Sign" training locations, entirely different from the previous three.

This fourth training location turned out to involve cultivating a secondary profession—array formation!