Primordial Star Scripture - Chapter 1174 - 1114: The Death of Hongjue

Chapter 1174: Chapter 1114: The Death of Hongjue

Among the three treasures.

The Ancient Plate looks the most mysterious, engraved with countless intricate patterns and words, clearly extraordinary at first glance.

Ye Chen even vaguely feels that this Ancient Plate might have some connection to the Chaos Cauldron in his hand, as the text on it seems somewhat similar, likely sharing a common origin.

In contrast, the golden lamp and the closed scroll emitting a blue light seem weaker than the Ancient Plate.

However, even if they are slightly weaker.

These two treasures are still exceptionally precious, clearly unmatched by other ancient treasures.

Ye Chen, Hua Tianjue, and Hongjue.

The three treasures in the void.

Each person can only seize one treasure.

Under this rule, at the instant they saw the three treasures, all three naturally wanted to snatch the obviously most precious Ancient Plate!

“This could very well be a Star Lord level treasure!”

“I must get my hands on it!”

Hua Tianjue was almost the first to flash in the void, directly grasping for the Ancient Plate.

Ye Chen also swiftly changed his stance, flying towards the Ancient Plate.

However, no matter how fast Hua Tianjue and Ye Chen were, they couldn’t match Hongjue Overlord’s speed.

Originally, among the three treasures, the Ancient Plate was closest to Hongjue, and Hongjue Overlord also had the space-enhancing Divine Treasure “Seven-Leaf Black Lotus,” which boosted her spatial travel speed. Almost at the moment the voice announced the prohibition removal, Hongjue Overlord had already made her move, seizing the Ancient Plate first!

Seeing Hongjue seize the Ancient Plate, Hua Tianjue’s expression turned extremely ugly.

Ye Chen merely shook his head slightly, giving up on the competition.

He looked at the two remaining treasures, pondering whether to quickly seize another one.

At this time, Hongjue Overlord, who had obtained the Ancient Plate, wielded it in her hand, enveloped completely by waves of Divine Light. Within that light, it seemed as if an inexplicable Divine Sound was explaining the mysteries of the Ancient Plate to her.

The more she listened, the more excited Hongjue Overlord became, finally exclaiming in an incredible surprise: “This Divine Treasure is powerful to such an extent!”

“I must immediately cultivate and use this Divine Treasure to impact my Realm!”

Boom!

Hongjue Overlord directly surged her Divine Power into the Ancient Plate.

Then, something that stunned Ye Chen and Hua Tianjue occurred.

The Ancient Plate, upon Hongjue Overlord’s infusion of Divine Power, emitted a cylindrical Sky-Piercing Divine Light, enveloping Hongjue Overlord in the process.

This cylindrical Divine Light had immense defensive power, making Hua Tianjue and Ye Chen feel the terrifying force emanating from it, as if daring to touch it would result in instant death!

Clearly, Hongjue Overlord had already unlocked the Ancient Plate’s mystery and began channeling it.

“Hongjue wants to use the Ancient Plate to cultivate and impact her Realm?”

“Could this treasure enhance one’s Realm?!”

Recalling Hongjue Overlord’s earlier delighted exclamation, Hua Tianjue’s expression became even gloomier.

Originally, Hua Tianjue had hoped to seize the treasure from Hongjue Overlord later, but now it seemed the treasure had been used immediately upon Hongjue’s acquisition. The treasure itself exhibited astonishing defensive capabilities that he could not break through, leaving him no opportunity to intercept Hongjue.

Furthermore, Hongjue was already on equal footing with him in terms of power.

If Hongjue breaks through the realm and steps into the Cosmic Emperor level from the Peak Lord level, coupled with this clearly formidable Ancient Plate treasure, she might completely crush Hua Tianjue.

This situation certainly left Hua Tianjue immensely frustrated, regretting that he hadn’t seized the Ancient Plate first.

At this moment, seeing Hongjue Overlord begin to use the Ancient Plate seemingly for cultivation, and recalling Hongjue’s words about impacting her Realm earlier, Ye Chen was equally astonished.

Ye Chen remembered that within the Chaotic Heavenly Hall’s First Layer of Heaven, the Ancient Mountain capable of enhancing realms had helped him break through from a Heavenly Divine Venerable to an Immortal Divine Venerable, raising his realm slightly.

Now, this Ancient Plate seemed much more mysterious than the breakthrough Ancient Mountain of the past.

After all, this was the ultimate treasure of the Treasure Cave on the third layer of heaven, certainly more precious than the Ancient Mountain on the first layer.

In such a situation, if the Ancient Plate is indeed an item of breakthrough, it would definitely enhance more than one level of realm.

“Could it be that Hongjue Overlord intends to use this treasure to breakthrough to the Cosmic Emperor stage, becoming a Cosmic Emperor of the First Star Tribulation or even reach the Second Star Tribulation, Third Star Tribulation of Cosmic Emperor?”

At this point, Ye Chen, just like Hua Tianjue, was extremely focused on the Ancient Plate in Hongjue Overlord’s possession, even setting aside the urge to compete for the remaining two treasures.

After all, the two remaining treasures appeared similar, and each person could only choose one treasure. Without a definite target, neither Ye Chen nor Hua Tianjue felt rushed.

The two were instead curious to see how far Hongjue Overlord could breakthrough using the Ancient Plate.

Ye Chen and Hua Tianjue’s thoughts were entirely disregarded by Hongjue Overlord.

At this moment, Hongjue Overlord’s Mind and Spirit were fully absorbed into the Ancient Plate.

“This is a Great Divine Artifact!”

“I must seize this rare opportunity!”

Within the cylindrical defensive Divine Light, Hongjue Overlord followed the Ancient Treasure’s instructions, placing the Ancient Plate on the ground, sitting cross-legged atop it.

Then.

Instantly, endless starlight erupted from the Ancient Plate, directly infusing into Hongjue Overlord’s Divine Body.

Something that shocked both Ye Chen and Hua Tianjue happened.

In almost an instant, the two felt that the Divine Power on the Overlord Hongjue in front of them began to surge madly. Even in a very small space, within the cylindrical Divine Light, it seemed that endless Divine Tribulations had already begun to descend upon Overlord Hongjue.

The Ancient Plate seemed to carry a special ability to break through space on its own, helping to elevate Overlord Hongjue’s Divine Power and even triggering Divine Tribulations, assisting Overlord Hongjue’s breakthrough.

Overlord Hongjue had already begun to advance from Peak Lord towards the Cosmic Emperor stage!

In an extremely short time, practically in the stunned gazes of Ye Chen and Hua Tianjue, Overlord Hongjue had successfully broken through to the Cosmic Emperor Realm, becoming a First Star Tribulation Cosmic Emperor!

It hadn’t stopped.

This breakthrough was far from over.

Sitting cross-legged on the Ancient Plate, Overlord Hongjue continued to absorb endless Divine Power from it, pulling in all the comprehension of rules needed for the breakthrough to the Cosmic Emperor, absorbing everything in entirety…

Then, another Divine Tribulation descended!

Boom!

At this moment, Overlord Hongjue once again broke through from the First Star Tribulation Cosmic Emperor to the Second Star Tribulation Cosmic Emperor.

This breakthrough shocked both Ye Chen and Hua Tianjue to their cores.

One must know that the breakthrough of a Cosmic Emperor is vastly different from that of a Divine Venerable, Sovereign, Divine Master, or Master. Each Star Tribulation breakthrough of a Cosmic Emperor is extremely difficult, and many Cosmic Emperors cannot advance even a tiny step for their entire lives.

Overlord Hongjue actually broke through from the Peak Lord level to the Second Star Tribulation Cosmic Emperor level in such a short time. How could this not be absolutely shocking?

At this moment, even Hua Tianjue was thinking of quickly grabbing a treasure and leaving first.

Hua Tianjue had a premonition that the Overlord Hongjue, who continuously broke through, with rapidly soaring combat power, might now possess strength far beyond his own!

If Overlord Hongjue were to develop the intention of killing for the treasure, it would be a great trouble for him!

While Hua Tianjue’s Mind and Spirit were extremely stirred, Ye Chen beside him, observing the rapidly ascending realm of Hongjue within the cylinder, increasingly felt something was off.

Ye Chen noticed that Hongjue, who was seated on the Ancient Plate elevating her realm, didn’t appear to be in a state of joy. Instead, she showed an expression of fright on her face, as if she was trapped in a gigantic problem.

The realm was soaring, yet there was fear instead of delight?

This made Ye Chen’s heart suddenly skip a beat.

“Could it be that Overlord Hongjue couldn’t stop the breakthrough?”

Ye Chen looked into Overlord Hongjue’s eyes and found that her eyes had turned completely red, as if engulfed in boundless pain.

At this moment, Ye Chen did not know that Overlord Hongjue’s Divine Sense was already in complete terror.

Just earlier, after breaking through to the First Star Tribulation, a voice from the Ancient Plate asked if she wanted to continue breaking through. At the time, overwhelmed with joy, she directly replied that she wanted to break through, to reach the highest realm.

Instantly, she was propelled towards the Second Star Tribulation Cosmic Emperor stage in the breakthrough.

Once she successfully broke through to the Second Star Tribulation Cosmic Emperor, Overlord Hongjue wanted to stop the breakthrough. After all, her Divine Body and Divine Soul could only bear the extent of this breakthrough. To forcibly push further might destabilize her realm, bringing hidden dangers to her future cultivation.

However, what Hongjue didn’t expect was that she couldn’t stop; the Ancient Plate seemed to continue following her earlier command, aiding her to keep breaking through to the highest realm.

In this scenario, almost in the terrified expression of Hongjue, her entire being surged into the Third Star Tribulation level.

At this level, Overlord Hongjue already felt that even though she had astonishing power within her, she could no longer control it. It was as if a universe was about to explode inside her!

After all, this was an externally infused power, not her own power, nor was it from external treasures. Her foundation was only able to bear the level of a Second Star Tribulation Cosmic Emperor as its limit. The level of the Third Star Tribulation had already far exceeded her limits!

The endless rules, the mastery of infinite power, even almost bursting Hongjue’s Divine Soul!

“Stop, stop now!”

Finally, within the cylindrical Divine Light, Overlord Hongjue even screamed out in terror.

But within the Light Beam, Overlord Hongjue’s breakthrough continued; at this moment, she had even begun advancing from the Third Star Tribulation Cosmic Emperor towards the Star Lord Level!

Overlord Hongjue wanted to escape from the Ancient Plate, but she was already bound by endless Divine Power, unable to free herself from the constraints of the Ancient Plate!

This transformation left Hua Tianjue, who was previously planning to take treasures and escape, dumbfounded. Hua Tianjue looked at Hongjue, who was terrified to the extreme within the cylindrical defensive Divine Light, displaying a look of utmost incredulity.

The cylindrical defensive Divine Light was originally to prevent Hua Tianjue and Ye Chen from affecting Hongjue’s cultivation.

Now, it seemed to have become Hongjue’s cage!

And Hongjue, within the cage, infused with endless Divine Power, was terrified to the limit, screaming in horror to the extreme!

Under the intensely shocked gazes of Ye Chen and Hua Tianjue, Hongjue once again breached from the Third Star Tribulation Cosmic Emperor level to the Star Lord Level. But at this moment, Hongjue’s physical body and Divine Soul were already unable to withstand it.

Boom!

It was as if a universe exploded!

Or as if a starry sky vanished!

Ye Chen and Hua Tianjue could only see that within the endless Divine Light infusion, Hongjue’s previously immensely powerful body, in the end, couldn’t suppress these Divine Powers anymore and directly exploded, finally being completely washed away into nothingness within the cylinder!

Even Hongjue’s Divine Soul turned into countless shadows flickering, ultimately being entirely washed away and disappeared!

Hongjue, who underwent a great breakthrough, actually died in the midst of the breakthrough!

With a “Clang.”

Once Hongjue was completely annihilated and dead, inside the cylinder there only remained the Ancient Plate, which seemed to also sense the disappearance of the person cultivating on it. After a soft sound, it vanished from the spot.

In the third Treasure Cave, only the dumbfounded Ye Chen and Hua Tianjue were left, along with the two treasures hanging in the air yet to be picked: the golden shining lamp and the scroll emitting blue light.

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