[The Perfect Innate Supreme Realm]

Fifth level of the Celestial Ladder.

Even Tian Zhu, the strongest among them, could no longer stand. Exhausted beyond measure, he leaned against a rock and sat down.

Within a hundred meters around him, Dragon Emperor, Nether Emperor, Barut, Hashin, and the other Heaven-Piercing Tower powerhouses lay sprawled across the ground in every direction, too exhausted to care about appearances anymore. Tian Zhu, Heavenly Tribulation, Heaven's Sin, Heaven Fury, Heaven Slaughter, Heaven Sword, and the others from the Demonic Temple were also lying on the ground like dogs, panting without pause. Only that clever little girl Heavenly Calamity had begged Yue Yang to take her into the Celestial Ladder early on so she could cultivate with Heaven's Punishment, avoiding this battle altogether. Though it would be difficult for Heavenly Calamity to catch up to the rapidly advancing Feng Xian Beauty, her own cultivation below the five-thousandth step should not pose any problem.

Old Dragon Turtle and Old Man Nangong had come as well. If not for their aid, Tian Zhu and the others would likely have had to expend far more effort to kill the Divine Temple Elder.

In a challenge beyond their rank like this, no one remembered how long the battle had lasted.

The entire Heaven-Piercing Tower's supreme experts had emerged.

They fought until sun and moon lost their light.

They fought until every tendon was drained dry.

And this had only been enough to take down a level-five Heaven-rank Divine Temple Elder... If that elder had been even a little stronger, or if Yue Yang had not crushed his morale beforehand, the outcome would likely have been completely different.

"Terrifying. Without the restrictions of laws, a level-five Heaven-rank opponent was actually that powerful!" Even now, Barut the Great Demon King was still trembling with lingering fear.

"How