Everyone saw it clearly. That blade strike had been terrifying, but it was not without a solution. The reason Ye Xiwen could no longer hold himself together and his body had cracked apart was that the Tribulation Fire within him, along with the many attacks he had suffered before, had all erupted at once.
Ye Xiwen simply had no time to completely expel those forces. He had been locked in fierce combat almost every moment, so at this time, all the residual forces had concentrated and burst forth.
That blade strike was like a fuse, exposing every hidden danger within Ye Xiwen.
Many people looked at one another in dismay. A myth that might have crossed the tribulation unscathed had shattered right before their eyes. Even so, no one thought it was because Ye Xiwen was too weak.
Ye Xiwen's strength was truly the most terrifying they had ever seen. Especially those ancient Emperor Lords, some of whom had lived long enough to witness more than one Heavenly Venerable crossing tribulation, as well as more than one Peak Emperor Lord failing in their attempt to become a Heavenly Venerable.
Yet not one of them could compare to Ye Xiwen.
If his heavenly tribulation had merely been that of an ordinary Heavenly Venerable, he might truly have passed through it without injury.
That alone was terrifying enough. From the beginning until now, perhaps no one had truly believed that he would fail this heavenly tribulation.
But now, everything had changed. An injured Ye Xiwen naturally was no longer so terrifying.
Perhaps he might not be able to survive the heavenly tribulation!
This had originally been what they hoped for and longed to see. Yet as they watched Ye Xiwen cross his tribulation with such overwhelmingly forceful momentum, another expectation had quietly