Ye Yun sat on the imperial throne, his expression indifferent as he watched the cultivators who had undergone tribulation die within the sphere. Only after they had all passed their tribulations and absorbed the celestial gifts did he release them.
The Ascension Tribulation was indeed a terrifying trial. All the alien quasi-emperors perished, and of the one hundred and seventy human cultivators who underwent tribulation, half were annihilated in this test.
"Your humble subjects thank Your Majesty for your great kindness! Without Your Majesty, we could never have passed this trial. Your Majesty, please accept this old minister's bow!" Jin Di bowed to Ye Yun as soon as he appeared.
They were well aware that if not for Ye Yun's deterrence and the national destiny he provided, their fate would have been even more tragic than that of the alien races.
Most importantly, after this act of betrayal, they had witnessed Ye Yun's ruthless side, and everyone felt a greater sense of awe towards him. Thus, with one person leading, almost everyone else knelt.
"Enough, all of you, rise. Tell me, how much longer can you remain in the lower realm?" Ye Yun looked at the crowd whose strength had once again surged, feeling happy for them. These individuals were almost all from the Old Dragon Palace.
"Your Majesty, I can remain in the lower realm for about five more days."
"Your Majesty, I can stay for about three days."
...
After passing the Ascension Tribulation, each person's strength differed, and so did the time they could remain below.
"Old Wang, what about you?"
Ye Yun looked at Wang Chen.
This fellow had quite the show during his tribulation. While others were covered in defensive artifacts against each lightning tribulation, he directly used Yue Zhi to attack the descending lightning dragons. It could be said that he destroyed the first thirty of the sixty-four lightning tribulations.
"Your Majesty, I can stay in the lower realm for about ten days. Your Majesty, if you have any orders, please command." Wang Chen replied.
"Mm, as I said, you few will implement the game and the real world. You have heard that these alien races bear deep grudges against our human race, and from their words, it is evident that our human race is not faring too well in the upper realm. Therefore, we need not be too polite to these alien races."
"As you command!"
"Next, when you go to the upper realm, you can find my life beast in the game, Hei Yi. He has already gone to the upper realm privately for several years. From the feedback, that fellow seems to be doing well up there. Alright, complete your handover as quickly as possible, and then go to the upper realm to unleash your potential. I hope that when I ascend, you will have already achieved something in the upper realm!"
Ye Yun smiled, unaware that his words had greatly startled those below.
The life beast from the game had already gone to the upper realm, and for several years at that. Was that not terrifying? And when Ye Yun said he was doing well, it meant he was doing exceptionally well!
The disparity was simply immense.
"Alright, your time is pressing. Complete your handover, spend more time with your families, and bid them a proper farewell. Mo Di, you stay behind."
"Master..."
After the others left, Hei Yi walked to Ye Yun's side.
"Are you worried about any accidents when you meet your main body in the upper realm?"
Ye Yun looked at Hei Yi, whom he had materialized from the game world. Not long after appearing, he had been thrown into the demon race's star domain to fend for himself. Who would have thought that this fellow would fight his way through and become the supreme ruler of the demon race's star domain.
"Mm, after all, its strength is far greater than mine. And according to the game's rules, I probably cannot stay by your side anymore," Hei Yi said sadly, lowering his head.
"Don't worry, do you think this Ascension Tribulation was passed for nothing, becoming an Emperor?" Ye Yun said with a smile.
He had watched this Hei Yi grow from the very beginning. Although his strength was not top-tier among the Ten Directions Empire, his loyalty was undeniable.
"When you go to the upper realm and meet it, tell it to establish an empire. When I ascend, I hope to have a nation of our own," Ye Yun said, habitually patting Hei Yi's shoulder.
"Now that you have also ascended, both of you should choose your own names and refer to each other as brothers. Support each other in the upper realm and expand my Ten Directions Empire."
"Yes, Hei Yi will certainly not fail Master's trust. May I also ask Master to bestow names upon my brother and me?" Hei Yi said gratefully.
"You both came from the game, and you are the closest to me. From now on, you will take my surname, Ye. You will be the younger brother, named Kai, and he will be the elder brother, named Tian. How about that?" Ye Yun laughed heartily, imagining the scene of these two meeting and staring at each other.
"Thank you, Master, for bestowing names. Then... Master, may I go and make arrangements?" As the Demon Emperor and the Grand General of Imperial Defense, Hei Kai indeed had many matters to attend to.
"Go." Ye Yun waved his hand with a smile. Only after Hei Yi disappeared did he head to the harem. After giving some instructions, Ye Yun began to prepare for his own Emperor Tribulation.
The Emperor Tribulation was more than ten times more terrifying than the tribulation of an ordinary quasi-emperor. If it were to be faced within the human race's star domain, the entire star domain would be annihilated under the Emperor Tribulation. Therefore, the Emperor Tribulation was usually faced in the void.
Countless cultivators at the peak of the Extreme Realm failed their tribulations, and quasi-emperors also failed. All the remaining energy passed through the endless void and appeared in the human race's star domain in less than a minute.
A colossal amount of energy converged, forming a terrifying nebula, and its immense aura suppressed the entire star domain.
Ye Yun sat in the empty imperial court, his eyes piercing through the boundary walls of the Nine Dragon Yang Void Palace, looking at the incredibly terrifying nebula. He frowned.
The power of this Emperor Tribulation was indeed beyond his imagination. However, no matter how powerful it was, it ultimately did not exceed the limits of this Ten Directions Cosmos. And Ye Yun's own strength was only one ten-millionth away from the extreme point of this world.
That's right, the strength materialized by Ye Yun in the game world was 99%. Rationally, he should also be 1% away from the world's limit.
However, this minuscule gap had been infinitely shortened by Ye Yun's own cultivation and progress in several great daos.
Laws or daos themselves had limited effects on improving one's own cultivation, as they were a form of conceptual understanding and were clearly distinct from cultivation and physical body.