Ye Chen's fists clenched so tightly that they creaked, his nails digging into the flesh of his palms.
"Damn you, Tang Shan! Old grudges and new! One day, I will kill you!"
Anger boiled endlessly in his heart, and Ye Chen felt his emotions teetering on the edge of control.
Yet a question gnawed at him, one he could not leave unanswered:
"Senior, is there really such a vast difference between a King Body and a Sacred Body?!"
Gritting his teeth, Ye Chen asked the question in his mind.
The very reason he chose to join the Taihuang Sacred Land was because the chance for his King Body to ascend into a Sacred Body lay within this Sacred Land!
Yet from everything he knew, Sacred Bodies shouldn't be terrifying to this extent!
Chu Ge's Sacred Body was clearly no ordinary Sacred Body!
"Only now thinking about the gap between you and your enemy? Isn't that a bit late?"
The presence in his mind sneered in response.
'I… I didn't…'
"Don't rush to deny it. You want to say you have no intention of opposing that Sacred Body, Chu Ge? Do you really believe that yourself? Or are you planning to become friends with him someday?"
Ye Chen trembled at the words.
Thinking back on today's events, even though none of it was directly Chu Ge's intention, he had still been forced to endure the full brunt of it all!
Putting aside the facts, could Chu Ge really be entirely blameless?
If he hadn't tested his aptitude—and if he didn't possess such a formidable origin power in that Sacred Body—would Ye Chen have ended up in such a pitiful state?
If Chu Ge didn't have that Sacred Body, none of this would have happened, right?
"Damn you, Chu Ge!!!"
He roared in his heart, replaying the events, only to feel his hatred for Chu Ge deepen even further!
And you expect him to just let go of this hatred and become friends with Chu Ge?
Ye Chen's unyielding pride would never allow him to bow his head. The humiliations of the past had not broken him, and Chu Ge would not either!
The presence in his mind showed no interest in his thoughts.
As if still unsatisfied, the voice spoke again:
"So you want to know the gap in talent between you and Chu Ge? Fine, I'll tell you!"
"This era is one that has passed through great calamities; heaven and earth are incomplete. Therefore, all Sacred Bodies in the world are somewhat flawed. Naturally, the gap between a Sacred Body and a King Body is great—but not as vast as you have seen today."
"However, the Sacred Body before your eyes is extraordinary. It is not flawed; it is flawless. Its origin power is as vast as the sea. Even if placed in the era I once existed in—when cultivation paths were still complete—such a Sacred Body would be a rarity beyond compare, nearly impossible to find in the world!"
"Do you understand now? That King Body you pride yourself on—before this flawless, supreme Sacred Body—it is not even worthy of holding his shoes!"
"Not even worthy of holding his shoes…"
"Not worthy of holding his shoes…"
"Not worthy…"
These words echoed endlessly in Ye Chen's mind.
"I… I don't believe it…"
"I don't believe it…"
"I don't believe it…"
He muttered as if his soul had fled, and in the next moment—"I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Ye Chen let out a maddened roar to the heavens!
Everyone turned to look, only to see Ye Chen, after the scream, spew a mouthful of blood, his body shudder violently, and collapse backward to the ground.
"Could this young man have lost his mind?"
"Such madness… could it be the influence of some evil spirit?"
"What a pity. Such a fine King Body, yet it has been born into a lunatic."
The elders and cultivators all displayed expressions of shock.
Finally, a graceful woman in a pale blue gown, her hair coiled elegantly atop her head, could not remain silent.
She lifted her jade-like fingers, and a medicinal pill floated toward Xing Feng.
"His mind has been damaged. Give him this pill, and he will awaken shortly. Even if a King Body's mind is a bit flawed, it can still bring some benefit to the Sacred Land."