Having won all three battles, Chen Yuan's momentum had reached its peak, consolidating an invincible aura. Although his energy was somewhat depleted, it was not a major issue.

His overall state had been thoroughly elevated to the highest level.

And that was precisely his objective.

To suppress Zuo Chengzong with an invincible momentum and completely ascend to the top of the Hidden Dragon Rankings.

He was currently in a precarious situation, having not only offended that True Being of the Gu family but also facing a joint assassination attempt by the Azure Cloud Sword Sect and the Yun family. His only reliance was the Dao God Palace.

But all of this depended on a crucial premise: Chen Yuan's ascension to the top spot and acquisition of the Ascending Immortal Fruit.

Only in that way would he be valuable enough for the Dao God Palace to assist him in resolving this feud.

The first place on the Hidden Dragon Rankings was absolutely essential and could not be compromised in any way. Any slip-up could lead to his assassination. He had to plan ahead.

Consolidating an invincible momentum was a critical part of that plan.

Facing Zuo Chengzong, who had dominated the rankings for many years, Chen Yuan did not underestimate him in the slightest. He had to go all out. Otherwise, with Zuo's methods, the outcome of the battle would remain uncertain.

After all, Chen Yuan's cultivation had only recently reached the peak of the Profound Realm, whereas Zuo Chengzong's had reached perfection long ago.

He had been suppressing his cultivation only for the sake of the Ascending Immortal Battle.

This battle would be the strongest he had faced since reaching the same realm!

"Brother Zuo, we are tied for first place. Let's finally determine who is superior," Chen Yuan said in a deep voice.

The martial artists below were all excited.

The previous battles had already been a feast for their eyes. How could they not be thrilled to see the two Hidden Dragon Heroes decide the victor?

The reason why this Ascending Immortal Battle was called the strongest in a century was because Chen Yuan and Zuo Chengzong were revered as the Hidden Dragon Heroes. Many people

had come precisely for this spectacle.

"Everyone, who do you think will win and completely reach the top?"

Someone asked.

Hearing this, several voices immediately responded from the surrounding crowd.

"I personally believe that Chen Yuan will definitely win. There are two reasons: first, he himself possesses profound cultivation and exceptional strength, and his experiences are legendary. How could he not create another miracle this time?

Second, he has won all three battles and has already consolidated an invincible aura. The likes of Wei Wuya and Xuan Ming have all become stepping stones beneath his feet. Zuo Chengzong will be no exception."

"Heh, I disagree. Zuo Chengzong's reputation has long been widespread. He possesses a natural thunder heart, and his mastery of the Five Thunder Orthodox Arts has reached a state of perfection.

Moreover, he has been personally trained by that figure from Wudang Mountain since he was young. His strength must far surpass others of the same realm."

"Yes, indeed."

"I agree with the previous brother. I think Chen Yuan has a better chance of winning."

"I disagree."

"I..."

The onlookers erupted in a flurry of opinions, each expressing their views.

Shangguan Hong stared intently at Chen Yuan, his eyes full of respect.

Zhang Xuan and Shangguan Yu exchanged glances and smiled at each other. Having witnessed several battles, they now had great confidence in Chen Yuan and believed that he would definitely defeat Zuo Chengzong.

Song Zhilun stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping over Chen Yuan and Zuo Chengzong, his eyes flickering, as if contemplating something. The general manager of the Ascending Immortal Pavilion, Fang Hongtai, also straightened his posture.

Having reached his level of cultivation, watching martial artists in the lower three realms fight was no different from watching children brawl. However, Chen Yuan and Zuo Chengzong were clearly different. The most astonishing Profound Realm battle in a century was worthy of his attention.

At the top of the Immortal Mountain, the void slowly fluctuated, and Ye Xiangnan, the City Lord of Martial Emperor City, gradually appeared, his gaze fixed on Chen Yuan and Zuo Chengzong, his expression somewhat scrutinizing.

In the space surrounded by immortal mist at the very top, the mist also slowly stirred.

The situation in the arena changed, and everyone's attention focused on Chen Yuan and Zuo Chengzong.

In the crowd, a seemingly ordinary woman had a gleam of精光 in her eyes, and an invisible aura slowly emanated from a ten-foot radius around her. A flash of light appeared in her hand.

An ancient jade mirror appeared in her hand – it was the Celestial Tome.

And she was none other than Su Ziyue, the Seven Emotions Dao Lord who had concealed her cultivation and identity.

At that moment, she slowly transmitted a thought into the Celestial Tome:

"Everyone, Chen Yuan is about to fight Zuo Chengzong!"

"Project this image into the Celestial Tome."

A deep male voice sounded.

"Alright."

In the void, on a prayer mat, upon hearing Chen Yuan's invitation to battle, Zuo Chengzong slowly rose, smiled, and said:

"Good!"

As soon as his words fell, thunder rumbled in the void, as if welcoming Zuo Chengzong.

If he hadn't known Chen Yuan's plan at first, but after the latter defeated Wei Wuya and then set his sights on Xuan Ming and Dao Xuansheng,

then he basically understood Chen Yuan's intentions.

However, he didn't mind. In fact, he hoped that Chen Yuan would become even stronger.

Moreover, he had also been accumulating momentum. Now, as his figure moved, it was accompanied by the sound of thunder.

In front of Zuo Chengzong, Chen Yuan put the Blood Bodhi into his mouth, his eyes flashing with fighting intent, and his aura reached its peak, instantly soaring into the sky, far exceeding before.

In the void, due to the stirring of momentum, black clouds began to gradually gather within a thousand-foot radius.

As if the world was about to be destroyed.

Zuo Chengzong's expression was calm, surrounded by lightning, faintly resonating with the thunder above the nine heavens. He softly said:

"Brother Chen, please!"

"Brother Zuo, please!"

Both auras erupted instantly and began to clash faintly. Chen Yuan’s black robe danced, and Zuo Chengzong's Daoist robe fluttered in the wind under the influence of this aura.

Finally, when the auras of both sides reached their peak, they both moved at the same time.

Chen Yuan raised his hand, clenched his right fist, and punched out violently. A killing fist force was blasted out by him. Zuo Chengzong also raised his hand and opened his palm.

'Palm Thunder!'

A bolt of lightning was blasted out with a boom.

The fist force and the lightning both vanished into nothingness.

The confrontation began!!!

Zuo Chengzong took a step forward, standing above the void, forming seals with his hands, his eyes turning cold, and he said in a deep voice:

"I invite Brother Chen to face tribulation!"

In an instant, thunderbolts fell from the nine heavens, heading straight for Chen Yuan.

To this, Chen Yuan responded with a hearty laugh:

"Good."

Knife light tore through the air, directly slashing at the thunderbolts.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Explosive roars continued to erupt. From the very beginning of the confrontation, the surrounding atmosphere became intense. Zuo Chengzong was like a lightning rod, constantly drawing the thunder from the nine heavens.

Five Thunder Orthodox Arts!

Exterminating evil and demons!

The two of them were one righteous and one evil, one with black clouds overhead, the other with thunder descending.

As Zuo Chengzong accelerated the hand seals in his hands, the speed of the thunder in the sky also began to accelerate. At first, Chen Yuan thought of dispersing the thunderbolts, but after taking a few strikes, he changed his mind.

Those thunderbolts did not dissipate but merged. Tiny lightning snakes gathered on his body.

At first, he felt a tingling sensation and didn't pay attention to it, but he soon realized something was wrong. The thunderbolts were accumulating on his body, and if Zuo Chengzong were to trigger them,

it would definitely be a considerable trouble.

Primordial energy surged, and thunder destroyed the world.

Zuo Chengzong was high in the sky, surrounded by lightning, like a thunder god descending, commanding the thunder to continuously blast towards Chen Yuan from above.

"This is not enough!"

At this moment, Chen Yuan completely gave up his defense, even ceasing to use his knife light to disperse the thunderbolts. Instead, he pushed his Vajra Glazed Body to the limit, using his physical body to withstand the thunder.

To dissipate the accumulated thunderbolts.

He spread his arms, roared to the sky, and bolts of cyan thunder struck Chen Yuan's body. At first, his body was charred black, but with the surge of blood and energy, the charred skin began to fall off.

New skin grew back, and his physical body grew stronger than before.

Zuo Chengzong raised an eyebrow, looking somewhat surprised. He had not expected Chen Yuan to break his Five Thunder Orthodox Arts with such means. Of course, this situation could not be replicated.

Only someone with an extremely strong physical body could do this. He had unknowingly allowed Chen Yuan's strength to grow again.

He immediately stopped his hand seals and nodded slightly:

"What courage!"

To dare to withstand lightning with his physical body was indeed a bold move, but only in this way could he eliminate the thunderbolts that he had previously left in Chen Yuan's body.

If he had accumulated enough thunderbolts, he could directly control them and completely defeat Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan's hair was disheveled, looking like a god or a demon, his eyes flashing with divine light, and he said in a deep voice:

"Continue."

Zuo Chengzong smiled freely, raised his hand, and summoned thunder, controlling it in his hand, condensing it into a ball of cyan lightning. He slowly pulled his hands apart, and a thunder sword gradually formed.

He stomped his feet and charged straight at Chen Yuan.

He didn't need any other weapons. The lightning of the nine heavens was in his hands, completely under his control.

Chen Yuan secretly sighed in regret. If the other party had continued to strike him with lightning for a while, his physical cultivation would have definitely ushered in a surge. But seeing the other party attacking him,

he no longer hesitated, grabbed the Emperor Slaughter Saber, and faced Zuo Chengzong head-on!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

In a short moment, the two of them clashed several times in a row, like the mounted combat on ancient battlefields, touching and retreating, then erupting again in an instant.

Like two fleeting meteors.

Zuo Chengzong, who controlled the lightning, was very fast. Even if Chen Yuan tried his best, he could only barely keep up, while the other party seemed to be at ease.

The confrontation between the two of them made the eyes of the onlookers not even blink, for fear of missing any exciting exchanges.

The area within a thousand feet had become the battlefield for the two. In addition to holding a thunder sword, Zuo Chengzong also constantly blasted out palm thunder. If Chen Yuan's physical body wasn't extraordinary and he could blast out fist force,

he would have been overwhelmed by such harassment.

In an instant, the two could exchange more than a dozen blows.

Blood was boiling, fighting spirit was rising. The aura of the two of them became more and more tyrannical as they fought. Not only was Chen Yuan improving, Zuo Chengzong's talent was no less than his.

The intensity of the fight became higher and higher, completely no less than the level of two veteran Pill Realm grandmasters fighting, making the onlookers marvel.

Wei Wuya's heart stirred, and demonic energy gathered.

Xuan Ming's expression was solemn, constantly turning a string of ancient prayer beads in his hand. Dao Xuansheng was in admiration, feeling that this strongest Profound Realm battle in a century was indeed extraordinary.

It should be known that the ultimate trump cards of both sides had not yet been used.

Wei Wuque nodded slightly, and Bai Changqing concentrated and calmed their minds. They were all focused on the two figures in the void, and they all admired them.

"Boom!!!"

Accompanied by a roar, Chen Yuan and Zuo Chengzong instantly retreated a hundred feet away, not immediately attacking again. The Emperor Slaughter Saber in Chen Yuan's hand made a faint dragon roar.

The thunder sword in Zuo Chengzong's hand had been completely destroyed.

He smiled and looked at Chen Yuan, his eyes full of appreciation. Then, without saying anything, he spread his arms, his five fingers pointing upwards, and a thunderbolt that had been brewing for a long time in the void fell with a roar.

In an instant, Zuo Chengzong's body seemed to have become a sea of thunder. He was surrounded by thunder, and his eyes were filled with lightning. He sternly said:

"Condense!"

An invisible fluctuation instantly enveloped the sea of thunder, as if condensing into a layer of clothing woven with lightning on his body. The seals in his hands were constant.

Five Thunder Heaven Heart Art!

Then, a terrifying aura began to rise. The sea of thunder seemed to have turned into a thunder dragon roaring, and under the control of the cultivation technique and his own physique,

a thunder dragon the size of dozens of feet roared and rushed towards Chen Yuan.

"Dragon Transformation!"

A dragon's roar shook the sky, and the dragon soul in the Emperor Slaughter Saber roared out, its huge body swirling in the void. Strands of blood energy began to fill the dragon soul.

A terrifying and fierce aura began to emanate.

The dragon roared, and the thunder dragon destroyed the world.

Under the control of Chen Yuan and Zuo Chengzong, the two huge bodies collided and intertwined, as if each had its own intelligence. The two sides were tearing at each other ferociously.

In the void, the explosive aura made the faces of the Hidden Dragon Rankings geniuses watching the battle change.

Under those two dragon forms, they felt a fatal threat.

Wei Wuya's expression gradually turned solemn, understanding that even if he forced out Chen Yuan's move, he would probably end up defeated, because his move had too much backlash.

Fang Hongtai held his breath, watching this scene in the void. The palms under his sleeves clenched uncontrollably.

Song Zhilun's eyes showed some regret. Chen Yuan and Zuo Chengzong were definitely monstrous geniuses. Their future was unimaginable. If they didn't fall,

they might even have hope of becoming True Lords.

Ye Xiangnan, who was hiding at the top of the Immortal Mountain, nodded slightly, with a hint of appreciation in his eyes. It was not in vain for him to come and watch the battle in person. These two little fellows were indeed extraordinary.

One righteous and one evil, they seemed like natural rivals.

"Boom!!!"

The explosive roars intertwined, collided, and vanished...

The thunder dragon shattered, and the dragon soul trembled.

As something of ultimate evil and ferocity, the thunder's characteristic of being extremely yang and righteous greatly restrained it.

Zuo Chengzong moved. The remaining thunder in his hand turned into a long spear, which he suddenly threw at Chen Yuan. At the same time, Chen Yuan, realizing this, also threw out the Emperor Slaughter Saber.

The two brushed past each other, one in front and one behind.

Chen Yuan blocked with his arms, guarding his body with罡气, but under Zuo Chengzong's full blow, he was still unable to withstand it. The罡气 was instantly penetrated, and he could only use his physical body to resist.

"Bang!"

The powerful thunder spear directly pierced through Chen Yuan's left shoulder, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of bright red blood.

Zuo Chengzong didn't fare much better under the Emperor Slaughter Saber. The body-protecting thunder罡 couldn't stop it at all, and his left chest was also stabbed by the Emperor Slaughter Saber.

A trace of scarlet overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

Fortunately, he had previously condensed a layer of thunder armor with Heavenly Thunder, so he was not pierced by the Emperor Slaughter Saber. He spread his arms, and the Emperor Slaughter Saber was forced out.

The auras of both sides were rapidly declining.

At this moment, the two thunder dragons had also completely vanished. The void seemed to have fallen into silence. For a while, no one spoke. Finally, after about a quarter of an hour, Zuo Chengzong's eyes narrowed, and he said in a low voice:

"I have one last move. If Brother Chen can take it, then you win this time."

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Chen Yuan grinned:

"Coincidentally, Chen also has one move left. Please correct me, Brother Zuo."

"Then... come!"

Above Zuo Chengzong's right chest, a purple lightning suddenly bloomed, its terrifying power far exceeding before! Purple Thunder Heaven Heart! The powerful physique that Zuo Chengzong possessed.

It could draw a trace of purple lightning. The power and level of this lightning far exceeded the most common cyan lightning. It was his last resort and a means of risking his life.

As for cyan lightning, it was actually natural lightning gathered on rainy days.

The two were completely different.

His eyes shone with purple light. Above the nine heavens, strands of cyan lightning were mixed with purple light, raising Zuo Chengzong's aura to the highest level in history.

Chen Yuan took a deep breath, and with a thought, the dragon soul in the Emperor Slaughter Saber directly entered his body, his eyes flashing with blood-colored light.

This was also a trump card he had condensed during his closed-door cultivation in the past two months. It was considered an advanced version of 'Dragon Transformation'.

That was to control the true power of the dragon soul. The terrifying and fierce aura instantly enveloped his mind. If it weren't for the Transformation Lotus protecting his soul, he would have completely fallen into demonic possession the moment the dragon soul entered his body.

The two auras were accumulating and rising. Sensing these two auras, Wei Wuya was shocked, sensing a fatal danger. These two auras were too terrifying.

They had probably far exceeded the boundary of the Profound Realm.

Their eyes met. One person's eyes were filled with blood and tyranny, the other's with purple light and grandeur. They were completely opposite, one righteous and one evil, one divine and one demonic.

In the next moment, Chen Yuan and Zuo Chengzong moved together.

As if time had been deliberately slowed down, Chen Yuan and Zuo Chengzong slowly approached each other. The blood-colored dragon's roar resounded, and the purple thunder rumbled, completely colliding together.

......

......

Silence, still silence.

Within a radius of tens of thousands of feet, not a single sound was heard, as if it had become a vacuum zone. Everyone held their breath, staring intently at the intertwined light in the void.

It felt like a moment had passed, but it was more like a quarter of an hour.

The two intertwined lights began to slowly vanish, accompanied by a thunderous sound that shook the heavens. Then, the two lights completely separated.

Chen Yuan and Zuo Chengzong's figures were like kites with broken strings, collapsing backward.

Each spat out a mouthful of accumulated blood, staining their clothes red.

Chen Yuan's face was hideous for a moment, mobilizing his last bit of strength to stabilize his figure, barely standing in the void. Zuo Chengzong's aura was so weak that he was about to crash to the ground.

Seeing this, Dao Xuansheng waved his hand, stopping Zuo Chengzong's falling body and returning him to the prayer mat.

A ray of light flowed, and Zuo Chengzong slowly opened his eyes. The aura around him had reached its lowest point, as if he would completely perish in the next moment.

He curled his lips, looked at Chen Yuan, and said:

"Ascending Immortal Battle, you... won!"

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The Ascending Immortal Battle has completely ended!