CHAPTER 993: CHAPTER 905: PRINCIPLE CHAINS BINDING THE SELF (PART 1)

Ye Chen awoke, the deepest hidden memories in his mind resurfacing, revealing who he was and the cause and effect of it all.

"Ancient Divine Palace!"

Ye Chen clenched his fist tightly, causing the surrounding void to tremble and shatter, unable to withstand his force.

He finally remembered, back then, he was trapped by the Heavenly King Xuan Elder of the Ancient Divine Palace, locked in the Great Heroic Palace, and hunted by the Four Heavenly Kings in unison. He escaped in the end, but was pursued by the Four Heavenly Kings Xuan Elder who coerced the Emperor Dynasty’s Nine Heavenly Kings to chase him through the night over tens of thousands of miles in the Primordial territory, nearly causing his death, almost exhausting all means, his body was exploded multiple times.

In the end, he used the Void Divine Platform to escape into a space tunnel, yet he was discovered, attacked by the Heavenly Kings, alongside the most mysterious and terrifying Great Power Level Ancient Ship which delivered the strongest blow.

Even fully activating the Human Emperor Tower, even with the Desolate Great Halberd’s obstruction, even with the Great Power Level body of the Combat Saint Body, he was shattered in the space tunnel, the Power of Faith failing to protect him, Chaos Ancient Energy exploding.

He truly almost died, without even the chance to summon Great Power’s phantoms.

The twelve Heavenly King’s Lights and their king killer intent, combined with the supreme strike of the Great Power Level Ancient Ship, nearly destroyed every bit of his vitality.

Ultimately, he was left with only a small part of the immortal Divine Sense, and a mysterious Moon Seal emerged, shedding a mysterious brilliance protecting part of his Primordial Spirit from being extinguished, else he surely would have perished.

Ancient Divine Palace!

Ye Chen’s eyes were filled with infinite killing intent, capable of shattering heavens and earth.

As for the Nine Heavenly Kings, he bore little hatred, knowing they were forced by circumstances, and did not fight wholeheartedly in the battle, having helped him several times, or else his plight would have been much worse.

Moreover, the true culprits were still the Ancient Divine Palace, they orchestrated everything.

Nonetheless, he didn’t die, and the Ancient Divine Palace paid a blood-like price; at least he managed to kill the Third Heavenly King Xuan Elder!

Ye Chen’s personality was anything but noble; for him, such a deep-seated grudge must be avenged, lest he dishonor the overwhelming dominance of the Combat Saint Lineage.

Ye Chen suppressed all his killing intent for now; recovering his body was the priority.

His physical condition was terrible.

When Ye Chen perceived his own body, the result made him frown deeply.

Though he didn’t perish in that battle, the twelve Heavenly King’s Lights contained the most terrifying king killer aura, which none below could withstand a single one, let alone twelve, capable of fragmenting a king’s form and spirit.

Thankfully, Ye Chen’s Treasure Body and Primordial Spirit were strong enough, and in the Chaos Secret Technique’s ultimate ascension state, surpassing ordinary kings, with Chaos Ancient Energy resisting part of the king’s light and intent, along with the barriers of the Human Emperor Tower and Heavenly Desolation, causing him severe injuries yet incapable of killing him.

However, the most terrifying was still the strongest strike from the Great Power Level Ancient Ship, carrying threads of ancient might at that level, breaking the Chaos Ancient Energy barrier of the Human Emperor Tower, shattering him into fragments, annihilating ninety-nine percent of his vitality, leaving only a lump of flesh with lingering life force.

Also, the unparalleled Holy Body Regeneration Technique allowed him to regenerate from merely a lump of flesh.

But the consequences were severe, exhausting most of his origin power to successfully reconstitute his body, with dangers still lurking; Heavenly King Realm Dao Traces lingering within him, along with killing intent and the destructive power of the Great Power Level Ancient Ship, similarly binding his dao power within, not fully dispersed, stifling his cultivation.

Thus, his body was in a terrible state, far from peak condition, with the internal Heavenly King Dao Traces, killing intent and ancient ship’s destructive power acting constantly, nearly causing his form to collapse multiple times, covered in blood, unable to use principle power to suppress, his Primordial Spirit appeared very weak.

Overall, Ye Chen was currently like a wasted practitioner unable to utilize Daoist Law power, possessing merely a seemingly intact yet internally marred body, far from comparable to peak state.

Luckily, inside him, there was Dragon Origin, the True Dragon’s origin power, continuously deriving threads of Dragon Blood flowing through his body, enabling his power to gradually recover over time.

Chaos blood and Nine Tribulations Gold power were suppressing those Heavenly King Dao Traces and killing intent, hence Ye Chen was finally unharmed for now.

Soon, Ye Chen had been living in the Barbarian Tribe Village for three months, during which he familiarized himself with the many Barbarian Clan tribesmen and mingled with the younger generation.

The younger generation of the Barbarian Clan would call him ’sir,’ but in many occasions absent of elders they simply called Ye Chen by his name.

This was under Ye Chen’s request.

He didn’t deliberately revert his name, still allowing the Barbarian people to address him as ’Qian,’ his name from the previous lifetime.

During these three months, Ye Chen constantly sought to recover his injured body, and break principle chains to restore Great Daoist Power.

Indeed, he was essentially the most powerful Combat Saint Body, and with the Holy Body Regeneration Technique’s immortal regeneration, along with the hidden might of Chaos blood, Dragon Origin, Nine Tribulations Gold aid, his physical body rapidly recovering, gradually regaining strength, lifting mountains and tossing peaks became effortless.

Eventually, his invincible Holy Body strength was bound to be fully displayed.

However, Dao power remained bound, unable to utilize excessively powerful principle power.

This rendered Ye Chen somewhat helpless.

With his perception, he naturally saw clearly that breaking principle chains required sufficiently strong force.

And these principle chains were constructed from Heavenly King Level Dao Traces and killing intent, thus, unless Ye Chen attained the Heavenly King Realm, or elevated his strength to Heavenly King Level, breaking them was difficult.

Ye Chen was compelled to ponder different magic techniques.

During this time, he was consequently in seclusion, contemplating various spells and techniques from past and present lives, seeking the corresponding magic technique.

He discovered it extremely challenging, perhaps the Power of Faith could work, but even that was depleted after that battle, unless he returned to the Gulan Great World, in the Divine Altar of the Gulan Holy Sect to obtain stronger Power of Faith.

But if he could return to the Gulan World, there’d be no need for Power of Faith; the World Power alone could break the principle chains of the Heavenly King’s Dao Traces confined within.

Regrettably, after losing Dao power, even communicating with the World Power of the Gulan Great World was impossible, plunging him into an unprecedented predicament.