Chapter 1693: This Battle

When Ye Guan reached the end of the Ascension Battles Road in a single step, all the powerful cultivators from the gathered civilizations were stunned. They were completely dumbfounded.

Even Zhong Jin and Shi Wu were frozen in shock, and soon, bitter smiles crept onto their faces. Although they hadn't paid constant attention to Ye Guan like Shendao Chen and Jun You, deep down, they too had always seen Ye Guan as their greatest rival.

They had wanted to surpass him, to prove they were the most monstrous prodigies of the younger generation in the current Origin Universe.

But now, Ye Guan had not only surpassed them, he had also broken the record set by Shendao Tian long ago...

They understood now. This would be Ye Guan's era.

As for Shendao Chen and Jun You, they fell into utter despair. In this moment, they were overwhelmed by deep helplessness, as they realized that they would likely never surpass this man for the rest of their lives.

The despair soon turned to emptiness in Jun You's heart. Was the humiliation she had once suffered at his hands... something she'd never be able to avenge?

In the shadows, even Shendao Zong and the others were stunned. They had known Ye Guan was a monster, had suspected he might break Shendao Tian's record...but not like this, not with such overwhelming force.

Truly worthy of being nurtured by two top-tier powers!

Free-range cultivation was truly effective... Wild geniuses really were ferocious! Some even started to consider.

Should we start letting our geniuses grow up 'wild' too...?

Off to the side, Qin Guan chuckled lightly and said, "Why does he have to be so brilliant? Seriously, not even trying to stay low-key... Typical youth."

The others were speechless.

At the very moment Ye Guan stepped onto the Ascension Battles Road's final point, a terrifying aura suddenly swept out from its end.

A moment later, a golden battle axe burst out from the void, hacking toward him with terrifying force!

Ye Guan calmly raised his sword and struck back.

Boom!

A blast of terrifying sword light and golden energy exploded across the sky.

All the onlookers panicked and quickly retreated, distancing themselves from the heart of the storm.

From afar, all the powerful figures of the various civilizations stared in shock toward the end of the Ascension Battles Road. There, a figure slowly stepped out. A man clad in golden battle armor, holding a massive axe. The moment he appeared, a horrifying battle intent surged from him, instantly sweeping across the entire starry sky.

A peak expert—Ninth Level of the Circle Breaking Realm!

Everyone stared at him in disbelief.

Then, Qin Guan's voice rang out across the heavens. "All Circle Breakers below level five are to withdraw."

No one hesitated. Every cultivator beneath that threshold immediately retreated, clearing out of this domain.

Then, Qin Guan gave another order, her voice echoing across the vast expanse. "Transmit this to the vast expanse. Live broadcast."

At her command, every Immortal Treasure Pavilion across the vast expanse received the message almost instantly. They all activated their cloud recorders and began live-streaming the Ascension Battles Road's battlefield.

It was obvious that Qin Guan had prepared for this in advance.

This battle wasn't just for their own sake; it was for the sake of the vast expanse.

𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

At this moment, all living beings across all realms were witnesses.

On the Ascension Battles Road, Ye Guan stood with sword in hand. A terrifying sword intent radiated from him.

Opposite him, the golden-armored man's battle aura boiled like a raging sea, pressing down on the starry sky.

The golden-armored man didn't speak. He simply moved, his body flickered, and in an instant, he charged at Ye Guan with his colossal axe.

Woosh!

He ripped through space and time itself.

Ye Guan met him head-on without fear. His form shimmered into a beam of sword light, surging forward.

Sword cries echoed through the vast expanse!

Boom!

As soon as they clashed, a storm of golden and sword light burst forth, annihilating everything in its path.

Both fighters were blasted backward. Ye Guan stopped first, lightly swinging his sword to shatter the incoming golden energy waves.

Far away, the golden-armored man swept his axe horizontally, dispersing the surging sword waves around him.

The Ninth Level of the Circle Breaking Realm!

Ye Guan showed no fear in his eyes, only endless fighting spirit and excitement.

Now this was a real battle.

His sword quivered violently in his hand, humming with anticipation.

Then, the golden-armored man took a single step forward, and his axe came crashing toward Ye Guan once again.

The space before Ye Guan shattered instantly.

Ye Guan narrowed his eyes. With a twist of his wrist, he met the strike with a fierce counterblow.

The battle was on!

The golden man's battle aura soared to the heavens. His strikes were vast and overwhelming. Each swing of the axe seemed capable of splitting the vast expanse.

However, Ye Guan hadn't even used his bloodline yet. He wielded just two types of sword intent, and his Invincible Sword Intent was in no way weaker than his opponent's aura.

And Ye Guan was only getting stronger as he fought.

In the distance, Shendao Zong said, "Pavilion Master Qin, should we...?"

"Wait," replied Qin Guan. Her gaze was fixed on Ye Guan. "He just broke through. He's never fought a true battle at this level before. Let him take this opportunity to train."

Shendao Zong nodded solemnly. He looked toward the end of the Ascension Battles Road; his expression was heavy.

The two beside him, Apo and Hou Ci, were also grim, yet there was also a flicker of hope in their eyes.

These civilizations had come to the Origin Universe early, all for this moment.

Would it be a step forward, or the road to annihilation?

It would all come down to this battle!

Just thinking about it made their blood boil.

They were not afraid. To them, reaching the Ninth Level of the Circle Breaking Realm was the end of the path. If they couldn't break through, only death awaited.

And now, with Immortal Treasures Pavilion and Guanxuan Domain joining them...

The reason the three Supreme Divine Civilizations had accepted those two factions so quickly wasn't only because of that terrifying man in white, but because they shared the same goal.

In the distance, the fierce battle raged on. Countless sword lights and axe slashes collided violently, unleashing shockwaves across the sky again and again.

Within that storm of golden and sword energy, deafening impacts echoed continuously.

Boom!

Suddenly, an earth-shaking explosion rang out across the vast expanse. All at once, darkness fell, space, time, and light itself collapsed.

Everyone gasped and retreated again, even farther from the battlefield.

Now, only those at the Seventh Level of the Circle Breaking Realm or higher dared to remain nearby.

That explosive collision had sent Ye Guan flying ten thousand meters back. He looked ahead and saw the golden-armored man's aura surging wildly.

His axe trembled furiously, radiating waves of destructive aura that spread across the vast expanse like a rising tide.

Ye Guan gripped his sword tightly. He knew that his enemy was about to unleash his true battle technique.

And a move of that level... would be terrifying.

This time, Ye Guan didn't underestimate it.

He opened his left hand, and another sword appeared.

Not the Invincible Sword Intent, but his Order Sword. Dual wielding!

The golden-armored man opened his eyes, and a golden light erupted from his eyes. Then, his figure blurred and splintered.

In an instant, tens of thousands of afterimages appeared. They all charged at Ye Guan with the same axe in hand. To make matters worse, every afterimage had the full strength of the original!

In a flash, everything across the starry domain, except for the Ascension Battles Road, was reduced to a black void.

Ye Guan narrowed his eyes.

The next instant, he fused his two sword intents and....