"Dead..."

In the Celestial Emperor City, everyone witnessed the scene that unfolded on the Battle Platform.

After a brief silence, the entire audience erupted into an uproar.

The final result of this battle was obviously beyond everyone's expectations.

No one could have imagined that Shen Yan, with a Half-Saint cultivation, who forcefully elevated his strength to Quasi-Saint level using a Secret Technique, and was protected by Emperor Armor, would still end up dead at Ji Chen's hands.

"Did he really win?"

"Am I dreaming... he only has a First Layer Void Realm cultivation!"

No one could restrain their surprise, especially since the gap in cultivation between the two combatants was exceptionally large.

And it was precisely because of this that Ji Chen's final slaying of Shen Yan, resulting in victory, left everyone in disbelief.

"Buzz..."

The space trembled slightly, and the power that had sealed the entire Battle Platform dissipated at this moment.

Ji Chen, his white robes stained with blood, slowly descended onto the high platform in the city.

This battle was not easily won; he was forced into desperate situations by Shen Yan multiple times, exhausted all his trump cards, depleted his spiritual power, and only then did he manage to kill the opponent.

Thinking back now, he couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.

"Are you okay?"

Si Ruyan and others immediately approached and asked.

"After this battle, Brother Ji's name will truly spread throughout the entire Celestial Emperor's Mansion." Ning Bufan and others spoke, their eyes glowing with excitement.

Ji Chen, however, gave a wry smile, "This is not necessarily a good thing, the Celestial Emperor's Mansion is full of prodigies, Shen Yan is just one of them, and above him, there are many true Quasi-Saint geniuses. Now, most of these people have probably set their sights on me, and there might be even more trouble in the future."

This was no empty statement. After this battle, Ji Chen would completely enter the sights of those true young kings.

And today all his trump cards had been revealed, which was not a good thing.

This means that in future confrontations, he would have no means to conceal, and thus it would be difficult to achieve any element of surprise.

"Ji Chen, Brother Shen Yan was the Young Master of the Shen Family in the Dusk Wind Star Realm, today you dared to kill him; just wait, the Shen Family will definitely not let you go!"

At this moment, a few people approached from afar, including Sword Wushuang and other Cyan Gate elites.

Now that the Sect Leader is dead, killed by Ji Chen, from today onwards, the Cyan Gate will likely be disbanded.

Otherwise, without Shen Yan to oversee the Cyan Gate, it would be impossible to compete with the Dao Dust Pavilion, rendering its existence meaningless.

"On the Battle Platform, life and death are disregarded, I killed Shen Yan today, it was justified, if the Shen Family wants to trouble me, they can come at any time."

Ji Chen was disdainful, this was under the rules of the Celestial Emperor's Mansion, he killed Shen Yan without any unjustifiable reason.

Even if the Shen Family is powerful, they would not dare come to the Celestial Emperor's Mansion to find trouble with him, otherwise, how could the Celestial Emperor's Mansion sit idly by?

Moreover, the Shen Family is far in the Dusk Wind Star Realm, even if they went to Daoxuan, they couldn't send many powerful figures, and with a Saint King in Daoxuan, how much of a stir could the Shen Family cause?

Sword Wushuang and others were speechless, clearly knowing that the Shen Family trying to deal with Ji Chen wouldn't be as simple as imagined.

Soon, under the watchful eyes of everyone present, Ji Chen and his group left the place.

He returned to Qixian Residence and took out the Elixir, planning to first heal the injuries within his body.

Until late at night, Ji Chen, who was sitting cross-legged with closed eyes in the courtyard, finally awoke.

The injuries sustained during the battle with Shen Yan were now almost fully healed.

Not only that, his cultivation also broke through during this period, unexpectedly reaching the Second Layer Void Realm level.

This was the sublimation achieved after facing a desperate situation.

Indeed, only a life-and-death battle can rapidly stimulate one's potential, as he had just recently undergone a tribulation, and now had stepped into the Second Realm of the Void Realm, this speed was undeniably astonishing.

In the following days, apart from cultivating, most of Ji Chen's time was spent comprehending the Profound Spirit Scripture.

This is an Ancient Scripture of the Great Emperor, much stronger than the Supreme Scripture and Heavenly Scripture, during the battle with Shen Yan, Ji Chen realized this.

Though only having grasped the basics, its power, when displayed, was not at all inferior to the two Ancient Scriptures he had previously studied.

No wonder Spirit Peak was once the best of the Nine Peaks, even the first Mansion Master came from Spirit Peak, this Profound Spirit Scripture is indeed extraordinarily mysterious.

If one can fully comprehend it, it will undoubtedly greatly enhance one's strength!

"Brother Ji!"

On the fourth day after the Battle Platform ended, at sunset, while Ji Chen was sitting cross-legged in Qixian Residence cultivating, Mo Cheng and Si Ruyan and others arrived.

"The trial will begin tomorrow, how is your injury?" Saintess Qing Ling asked.

"It's long since been fine."

Ji Chen replied, then looked at everyone, "Did you come here today because you have received some news about the trial?"

Huang Shuying nodded, "The content of the trial has been announced, completely different from before, this time, we will be sent to an Immortal Ancient Battlefield."

"Immortal Ancient Battlefield?" Ji Chen was stunned.

Si Ruyan said, "It's said that during the Immortal Ancient Era, a great war erupted, the Nine Great Star Domains collectively resisted foreign enemies, somewhere in this starry sky, there is a Divine City, which was the first line of defense, with the nine Di Races at the time leading countless strong ones from the Nine Great Star Domains to guard the city."

"This Immortal Ancient War ended many years ago, didn't it?" Ji Chen was stunned, having come to the Celestial Emperor's Mansion, he had seen records of this Immortal Ancient War in some ancient texts, it had ended tens of thousands of years ago.

"Indeed it ended."

Huang Shuying nodded, "In this trial, we are not actually being sent to the old battlefield site, but to a similar Secret Realm, where everything is exactly the same as back then."

"Illusion Realm?" Ji Chen realized, understanding it.

"You could call it an Illusion Realm, but they say that everything happening inside is identical to ancient times, events will proceed according to the original history, extremely realistically, and... if one falls in the Illusion Realm, it's equivalent to truly dying."

At these words, Ji Chen couldn't help but frown, "Even though I know trials come with risks, sending us to an Illusion Realm of the Immortal Ancient War, where we could truly die, seems a bit..."

It's not that he was scared, but he felt that the Celestial Emperor's Mansion's approach was somewhat extreme.

One must know, the Immortal Ancient Era was truly filled with strong figures, especially in that war, it's said that nearly ten thousand Great Saints fell alone, with Quasi-Saints being innumerable.

And in such an era, Ancient Emperors weren't particularly rare.

With the strength of the disciples in the Celestial Emperor's Mansion, being placed in such an environment, surviving would be exceptionally difficult, to put it bluntly, on that battlefield, if one encountered an enemy Emperor Realm expert, a single glance could erase oneself from the world forever.