“Chapter 270: Where Is Everyone?”

Outside the passage.

Niluan Immortal King and the many other Supreme Immortal Kings were completely dumbfounded.

Originally, they thought that after Martial Ancestor defeated the opponent on the first layer with a single move, he would need to engage in a prolonged tug-of-war when facing the opponents on the subsequent layers.

But they didn't expect that for Martial Ancestor, the opponent on the first layer was just the beginning.

All the opponents on the second and third layers were completely pierced through with a single move.

How was this possible?

Could it be that the strength of all the opponents on the first, second, and third layers was the same?

After thinking about it carefully for a moment, the various Immortal Kings knew that was impossible.

The only possibility was that Martial Ancestor was simply too strong.

Take Supreme Immortal Kings like Niluan Immortal King, for example; when facing ordinary Tribulation Transcending Immortal Kings, whether they had just entered the stage or reached their Peak, they could solve them all with a single move.

"Heavens, that is the Dragon Ancestor, the ancestor of the true dragons in the Spirit Realm, who was born since the opening of the Spirit Realm and disappeared countless years ago."

A Supreme Immortal King saw that Martial Ancestor's opponent on the seventh layer was a million-zhang-long true dragon with golden dragon horns, emitting a noble aura.

The Dragon Ancestor was the prime ancestor of all beings with true dragon Bloodline in the Spirit Realm. It was said that the Dragon Ancestor intended to integrate his own Bloodline into the bodies of all living beings.

Therefore, even though the Dragon Ancestor had disappeared for countless tens of thousands of years, the true dragon Bloodline was still being passed down.

In the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, the Nine Rivers Domain was a 'dragon-prospering land' that had once given birth to a dragon king at the Tribulation Transcending Stage.

Of course, that dragon king simply could not compare to the Dragon Ancestor; when the former saw the latter, without even needing to fight, he would be suppressed by the innate Bloodline suppression and unable to move.

The Dragon Ancestor was too famous, and with his Bloodline circulating in the Spirit Realm without fading away in history, the many Supreme Immortal Kings recognized him at first glance.

In fact, the Dragon Ancestor's strength was truly terrifying, located at the seventh layer of the Ninth Heaven channel entrance.

That is to say, in the judgment of the Spirit Realm, the Dragon Ancestor could be considered the fourth strongest lifeform born since the creation of the Spirit Realm.

However, the tyrannically invincible Dragon Ancestor in the eyes of the many Supreme Immortal Kings had his dragon body pierced through by Lin Yuan with just a single punch, and the aftermath of the power shattered the remaining body.

The many Immortal Kings remained silent.

Niluan Immortal King's gaze was vacant.

"That is the Heavenly Phoenix Ancestor. I didn't expect the Heavenly Phoenix Ancestor to be slightly stronger than the Dragon Ancestor, located on the third layer."

When Lin Yuan entered the eighth layer, the many Supreme Immortal Kings perked up again, looked at the opponent on this layer, and began to converse.

The Heavenly Phoenix Ancestor was similar to the Dragon Ancestor; both were powerful lifeforms born at the very beginning of the Spirit Realm's creation, and the Heavenly Phoenix Ancestor had also integrated her own Bloodline into all living beings.

In many places within the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, there were numerous Phoenix nests nurturing lives with various Phoenix Bloodlines.

Although the Heavenly Phoenix Ancestor sparked discussions among the many Supreme Immortal Kings, thinking of the Dragon Ancestor's fate just moments ago, everyone sighed inwardly.

Sure enough.

Facing the monstrously mighty Heavenly Phoenix Ancestor, Lin Yuan once again threw only a single punch, tore apart the Phoenix body, and entered the ninth layer.

Soon.

He entered the Tenth Layer.

Until this layer, all the Supreme Immortal Kings, including Niluan Immortal King who had already fallen into self-doubt, instantly felt a jolt in their hearts.

Tenth Layer.

It was the final layer leading to the Ninth Heaven channel.

It was also the layer where the life imprint of the strongest lifeform since the birth of the Spirit Realm resided.

To pass through this layer, one must defeat the strongest lifeform since the birth of the Spirit Realm.

How unimaginably high was the difficulty of this?

This was not the strongest lifeform of an era, nor the strongest lifeform of an epoch.

But rather the strongest lifeform since the birth of the Spirit Realm?

It could be deduced that the strongest lifeform since the birth of the Spirit Realm would inevitably pull away a massive gap from the second and third strongest lifeforms.

"I wonder what the strongest lifeform since the birth of the Spirit Realm actually looks like?"

The many Supreme Immortal Kings closely watched the Tenth Layer while conversing.

"Could it be someone from our Human Race?"

"Probably not. Look at the seventh, eighth, and ninth layers; none of those lifeforms are from the Human Race. Compared to naturally powerful lives like the Dragon Clan and the Phoenix Ancestor, our Human Race doesn't possess any advantages."

The Supreme Immortal Kings expressed their own views.

If epochs hadn't passed and those prime ancestors with powerful Bloodlines hadn't vanished, the rulers of the recent few epochs might not necessarily have been Human Race Immortal Kings.

"It's estimated to be a powerful lifeform born from the very beginning of heaven and earth, just like the Dragon Clan and the Phoenix Clan."

An Immortal King spoke up, causing the other Immortal Kings to nod in agreement.

Just as all the Supreme Immortal Kings were conversing,

from the deep mist of the Tenth Layer entrance channel, a figure walked out.

This figure was humanoid with flowing sleeves. Just standing there, it emitted an incomparably terrifying aura, with Qi and blood circulating, covering the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

"Martial Ancestor. Is this the Martial Ancestor?"

"The life imprint on the Tenth Layer turns out to be the Martial Ancestor?"

"Could the Martial Ancestor be… the strongest lifeform since the birth of the Spirit Realm?"

The many Supreme Immortal Kings at the scene instantly exploded into an uproar.

The strongest lifeform since the birth of the Spirit Realm—what a lofty evaluation! So much so that they had never once thought this strongest lifeform would be the Martial Ancestor who existed in the same epoch as them.

"That's true. He easily pierced through the opponents of the previous nine layers… the Martial Ancestor."

Niluan Immortal King muttered to himself.

The opponents of the previous nine layers were not even a match for a single punch from the Martial Ancestor.

If the Martial Ancestor wasn't the strongest lifeform since the birth of the Spirit Realm,

then who could be?

"The strongest lifeform since the birth of the Spirit Realm… I never expected that I would actually have the honor of witnessing such an expert."

"Indeed, surpassing the Dragon Ancestor and the Phoenix Ancestor, the Martial Ancestor is simply too monstrous."

The Supreme Immortal Kings were filled with emotion.

But immediately afterward,

the many Supreme Immortal Kings thought of something.

The Martial Ancestor was the strongest lifeform since the birth of the Spirit Realm, possessing undisputed Peak combat and killing power.

But could this kind of combat and killing power defeat the Martial Ancestor himself?

"It's unfair! There is simply no possibility of breaking through this Ninth Heaven entrance."

"That's right. If you aren't among the ten strongest lives since the birth of the Spirit Realm, you can't even get past the first layer."

"He is the strongest life yet he has to fight his own life imprint?"

"How can this be won?"

All the Supreme Immortal Kings began to converse one after another.

The opponent transformed by the life imprint would not suffer the slightest loss in combat power; all the methods, abilities, talents, Divine Abilities, and so on possessed by the original owner could be displayed.

That was why the reaction of the Supreme Immortal Kings was so intense. For any expert, there were plenty of ways to defeat an enemy, but how does one defeat oneself?

How could they win?

Furthermore, the opponent transformed by the life imprint had no emotions or thoughts, only battle instincts, making them even more difficult to deal with.

Of course, because the methods and abilities of both sides were completely identical, it was almost impossible for the opponent to defeat the Martial Ancestor, but it was equally almost impossible for the Martial Ancestor to defeat the opponent.

"This Ninth Heaven never intended to let us pass in the first place." Niluan Immortal King sighed, looking at the Martial Ancestor standing on the Tenth Layer.

Tenth Layer.

Lin Yuan looked at the opponent on this layer.

There was no difference between them and himself; their auras were identical, the fluctuations of their Qi and blood were identical, and they even faintly emitted the aura of an Internal World.

The only difference was that the opponent's gaze was indifferent and cold, resembling a machine.

"This Spirit Realm…"

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly. Although he had not actively integrated his own life imprint into the Spirit Realm,

as long as one had existed in the Spirit Realm, made a move, and reached a certain level of strength, the Spirit Realm would automatically record their life imprint.

Lin Yuan stood there for a short while.

The condensed 'Martial Ancestor' took the initiative to strike first.

These Experts condensed from life imprints had no emotional thoughts; they only had a single thought, which was to defeat Lin Yuan.

Boom!!

The terrifying aura directly pierced through the channel entrances of the previous nine layers, spreading and covering the Eighth Heaven.

"So strong?"

"The Martial Ancestor didn't even use much strength when breaking through the first eight layers."

The Supreme Immortal Kings felt their scalps go numb and immediately began to resist with all their might.

The aftermath of the exchange between the Martial Ancestor and the 'Martial Ancestor' on the Tenth Layer, even after being weakened by nine layers and transmitted to the Eighth Heaven, still felt like the collapse of heaven and earth.

One could easily imagine:

if the battlefield weren't on the Tenth Layer but instead in the Eighth Heaven, I'm afraid the entire Eighth Heaven would have been destroyed because of it.

It might even implicate the Seventh Heaven and Sixth Heaven.

This was simply unimaginable.

You must know that even when the Prehistoric Era came to an end and Niluan Immortal King along with the other Supreme Immortal Kings fought desperately to the death, it only affected the surface of the Spirit Realm.

As for the Nine Heavens, not even the First Heaven was affected.

Boom, boom, boom!

On the Tenth Layer battlefield, Lin Yuan and the 'Martial Ancestor' exchanged hundreds of blows in an instant.

The Martial Dao Cultivation system, numerous Creation Powers, even that wisp of Primal Power surpassing higher Creation Powers, the Internal World Power spanning nearly a hundred million li in radius, and so on—

whatever methods Lin Yuan possessed, the opponent possessed them all.

"It is rather troublesome," Lin Yuan frowned slightly.

The opponent 'Martial Ancestor' could be considered strong, yet also not strong.

Lin Yuan felt he wasn't strong because the opponent was a replica of himself; who in this world could understand him better than himself?

But under these circumstances, while the opponent 'Martial Ancestor' had no possibility of defeating Lin Yuan, it was also difficult for Lin Yuan to defeat the opponent.

"Pity, my strength is still too low." Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.

The life imprint replication at the Ninth Heaven channel entrance also had an upper limit.

For instance, it definitely couldn't replicate a complete Supreme Powerhouse.

It was just that Lin Yuan's current strength could not compare to the entire volume of the Spirit Realm; his Internal World, spanning nearly a hundred million li, couldn't even compare to a single great domain of the Spirit Realm, making it very easy to replicate everything about Lin Yuan.

"Should I try the Physical Body Divine Ability 'Reinforcement'?"

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

The Physical Body Divine Ability 'Reinforcement' was a Divine Ability awakened by the Physical Body that Lin Yuan descended with this time.

Once used, everything about himself—Physical Body, Qi and blood, Soul, mind, and so on—would be boosted tenfold.

Of course, it could only last for ten breaths, and after ten breaths, Lin Yuan would fall into a certain period of weakness.

Ever since Awakening this Divine Ability, Lin Yuan had never tried it because there was no need; none of the opponents he had ever encountered had forced him to the point of using this Divine Ability.

Due to the side effects of the Divine Ability 'Reinforcement', it could only be used as a trump card backup plan.

"What if the opponent also replicated the Divine Ability 'Reinforcement'?" Lin Yuan looked at the opponent 'Martial Ancestor'.

Then, he erupted fiercely, shattering the opponent's right arm at the cost of his own left arm.

Swish.

The Physical Body Divine Ability 'Rebirth from a Drop of Blood' activated on its own, and Lin Yuan's left arm quickly recovered.

Lin Yuan looked at the opponent 'Martial Ancestor' and found that the opponent's right hand and arm were also recovering rapidly.

"Even Rebirth from a Drop of Blood was replicated, so 'Reinforcement' must have been replicated as well." Lin Yuan immediately understood in his heart.

Knowing that once he used the Divine Ability 'Reinforcement', the opponent would likely use the 'Reinforcement' Divine Ability in an instant as well.

Although this Divine Ability had the effect of increasing everything about oneself tenfold, if everyone was boosted, it was equivalent to no boost at all.

At the entrance leading to the Ninth Heaven in the Eighth Heaven,

although the aftermath of the two 'Martial Ancestors' fighting and killing each other implicated the Eighth Heaven, everyone present was a Supreme Immortal King, and by joining forces to resist, they could still hold out for a while. None of them were willing to give up watching the battle on the Tenth Layer.

The battle of the strongest lifeform since the birth of the Spirit Realm—perhaps after today, there would never be another chance. All the Supreme Immortal Kings were willing to risk their physical bodies just to finish watching it.

"Although Lord Martial Ancestor does not hold a disadvantage, he doesn't hold an advantage either. If this drags on, the battle will only reach a stalemate."

Niluan Immortal King said in a low voice. Although the combat level of the two Martial Ancestors was too high, the most basic advantages and disadvantages could still be judged.

"There are people beyond people, and heavens beyond heavens; there are celestial beings above the Nine Heavens. But this Ninth Heaven cannot be climbed at all. Even the Martial Ancestor, the strongest lifeform in history, is struggling this much; who else could go up?"

A Supreme Immortal King spoke with a disappointed tone, feeling that the Ninth Heaven he pursued was merely an illusion.

"There are people beyond people, and heavens beyond heavens; there are celestial beings above the Nine Heavens." Niluan Immortal King remained silent.

This saying had existed for who knows how long, and in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, it had even derived another meaning.

That was, beyond Experts, there were even greater Experts; even a Supreme Immortal King was not invincible.

Right now, using it here was quite appropriate. Even the strongest lifeform in history, the Martial Ancestor, was blocked at the Tenth Layer.

Even if the Martial Ancestor broke through the Tenth Layer and entered the Ninth Heaven, he might encounter even stronger opponents.

Tenth Layer.

Lin Yuan was still fighting the opponent 'Martial Ancestor'.

"To defeat the opponent, the only possibility is to use a method that they cannot replicate." Lin Yuan's heart was calm, but his eyes were shining brightly.

"Cannot be replicated."

Lin Yuan looked at the opponent 'Martial Ancestor', "You possess everything of mine, but can you possess my Comprehension Ability?"

Lin Yuan's Heaven-Defying Comprehension came from the Gate of Myriad Realms, and the Gate of Myriad Realms was an existence surpassing Supreme Powerhouses. The Spirit Realm couldn't even replicate a Supreme Powerhouse, let alone replicate the Gate of Myriad Realms!

[Your Comprehension Ability is Heaven-Defying. Through fighting the opponent, you gradually comprehend the opponent's weaknesses.]

In an instant, numerous flaws of the opponent Martial Ancestor emerged within Lin Yuan's vision.

"Primal Power."

Lin Yuan urged the World Power, fusing it with the Primal Power that surpassed higher Creation Powers, turning it into a terrifying strike that instantly pierced through the opponent 'Martial Ancestor'.

With this, the battle ended.

The opponent Martial Ancestor stood dazedly in place.

His Internal World began to collapse, rapidly collapsing under Lin Yuan's single strike, and his Physical Body even began to turn into dust.

Rattle.

The Tenth Layer opponent disappeared.

Lin Yuan took a step forward and disappeared from the Tenth Layer.

Ninth Heaven.

Seas of clouds rolled.

Boundless and endless.

Lin Yuan stood alone atop the Peak of the mountain.

"They all say that there are heavens beyond heavens, people beyond people, and celestial beings above the Nine Heavens."

Lin Yuan looked around. All living things were beneath his feet; standing independently atop the Peak and looking down from above, it felt as if the entire world was vast and desolate, with only him alone.

"But where is everyone?"