At the Divine Battlefield on the edge of the Ancient Emperor Continent, within its most core peaceful heaven and earth.
This place was completely incongruous with the outside world. It possessed immortal mountains, divine islands, misty spiritual energy, and numerous Heaven and Earth Treasures and spirit herbs.
A mountain range was moving, with dust soaring into the sky. Upon closer inspection, it was actually an enormous, unimaginably large giant tortoise carrying mountain ranges on its back.
In the sky, clouds and mist scattered as a colossal, massive figure coiled and wound through the heavens. It was a peerless demonic dragon, thousands of li long, soaring and roaring.
If Ye Chen were here, he would be shocked to discover that both the giant tortoise carrying the mountains and the peerless demonic dragon soaring in the sky were the two demonic race Heavenly Kings he had first discovered upon entering the Ancient Emperor Continent. They had actually appeared within this peaceful heaven and earth.
By the Primordial Lake, the Nameless Old Man was, as always, fishing by the lakeside. He saw a world-shaking beam of light erupting from within the Primordial Lake, blasting everything apart. Hazily, one could discover a magnificent ancient palace and divine hall rising and sinking beneath the Primordial Lake.
That astonishing beam of light originated precisely from within the divine hall. It pierced through the Primordial Lake, penetrated the peaceful heaven and earth, and vanished into the starry sky.
The Nameless Old Man's expression was no longer casual and placid; instead, it appeared complex. He murmured softly, "The time of the world's upheaval has arrived. You can no longer restrain yourself. Without me needing to fish you out, you are finally about to emerge, eh? Old woman Jialuo."
The peerless living being he was fishing for was precisely the so-called old woman within the Primordial Lake.
Then, he suddenly stood up, flicked his sleeve, and waved his hand. Throughout the entire peaceful heaven and earth, endless specks of green light emerged, finally coalescing in his hand into a light sphere only about one zhang in diameter.
Though called a light sphere, it was actually a mass of emerald-green liquid. Though only about one zhang in circumference, it was filled with boundless, immense vitality.
If someone knowledgeable were here, they would be astonished to discover that this mass of emerald-green liquid was Life Source Liquid, a divine object belonging only to legend, something one might encounter but could never seek out.
It was said that even a single drop of Life Source Liquid was enough to revive the dead and regenerate flesh and bone. To have so much now would surely shock the myriad realms if word got out.
The Nameless Old Man stored this mass of Life Source Liquid within his body. Then, he collected the tens of thousands of powerful Netherworld Soldiers from the Divine Battlefield and the entire peaceful heaven and earth into his body. This place reverted to a lifeless, desolate dead land, barren and red, with only the Primordial Lake remaining, strands of ancient chaos qi rising and sinking within it.
He sighed softly and, for the first time, actively entered the mysterious Primordial Lake...
Outside the Ancient Emperor Continent lay the Chaotic Sea, perpetually submerged and covered by endless chaos storms, severing the two worlds of the Ancient Emperor Continent and the Ancient Divine Continent, cleaving them apart from both land and starry sky.
For countless years, whether from the Ancient Divine Continent or the Ancient Emperor Continent, powerhouses had found it difficult to cross over. This was the most terrifying barrier. Throughout history, only a handful had ever successfully traversed it; all others had perished within the Chaotic Sea.
At this moment, the barrier of the Chaotic Sea was torn open. A majestic divine ship appeared, wreathed in magnificent radiance, riding the wind and cleaving the waves.
On the prow of the divine ship stood a dignified middle-aged man, black hair cascading over his shoulders, wearing a divine crown and clad in profound armor.
If Ye Chen were here, he would surely recognize him as the Ancient Divine Palace's Palace Master.
No one could have imagined that the Palace Master of the Ancient Divine Palace from the other side of the Chaotic Sea had actually succeeded in crossing the Chaotic Sea.
Behind him stood a group of top-tier powerhouses, all at the overlord level or above, including five powerful Heavenly King-level experts.
Clearly, aside from the Seven Heavenly King Profound Elders, the Ancient Divine Palace still concealed a portion of its world-shaking heritage. There were still Heavenly Kings who had not perished, sealed in ancient times and revived in this era.
Moreover, from the divine ship, an unparalleled pressure of the Great Dao emanated, suppressing the myriad heavens like a ruler of all realms, forcing even Heavenly Kings to submit. Everyone on the divine ship looked in that direction with reverence and awe.
The Ancient Divine Palace's Palace Master turned and said solemnly, "Ancient Ancestor, we have reached the waters of the Ancient Emperor Continent."
There was a long silence on the divine ship before a majestic voice that could make the myriad heavens tremble spoke: "Finally arrived, have we? Having waited for countless ages, slumbered for so many years, the upheaval is finally about to begin."
Within the Chaotic Sea, waves surged tumultuously, endless storms swept through, capable of destroying heaven and earth. This was the perpetual scene. Even a Heavenly King forcing their way through might fall.
Woo—
An ancient, colossal ship appeared, unimaginably huge, shaped like a skull, stained with immortal blood. It even piloted a broken universe within which countless shattered stars drifted, and the carcass of a True Dragon lay across the ruined cosmos.
This was the infamous Ship That Slays Immortals, which had once attacked the Primordial Immortal Realm, burying the living beings of an entire universe. It perpetually wandered the Chaotic Sea.
Now, the Ship That Slays Immortals changed its course, heading towards the direction of the Ancient Emperor Continent.
At this moment, a mysterious figure stood upon the Ship That Slays Immortals, appearing minuscule yet remarkably conspicuous. He too looked towards the Ancient Emperor Continent, his eyes flickering as he rasped, "The gate... is about to open..."
Roar—
Deep within the Chaotic Sea, an earth-shattering roar erupted. The chaotic storms within a radius of a million li directly scattered. A most terrifying, colossal figure rose and sank, wreathed in demonic and sinister black mist, possessing a pair of frighteningly crimson, enormous eyes that stared towards the direction of the Ancient Emperor Continent and let out a roar: "Hateful Primordial Beginning!"
The roar shook the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. Only vaguely could one see that behind this colossal figure, pairs of pitch-black, enormous bat wings spread open, truly blotting out the sky and covering the sun.
...
In the endless void, located beyond the myriad realms, filled with violent spatial turbulence, ordinary people could not set foot here, for doing so would inevitably result in being utterly annihilated into dust by the endless spatial turbulence, leaving nothing behind.
Yet at this moment, figure after figure appeared, each one appearing so majestic and invincible, like lords of the myriad heavens, standing firm within the endless spatial turbulence like deities, immovable.
Among them was one man of heroic and majestic bearing, with one eye of light and one eye of darkness, carrying the dual energies of life and death in rotation. He was none other than the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord.
He stood peerless and unmatched alongside other supreme Great Powers of the myriad realms. Ahead of them lay an ancient, great world of inconceivable size, emanating a majestic aura that even Great Powers would revere, with faint threads of imperial heavenly majesty—
The Ancient Emperor Realm!
"Esteemed ones, there is no time to delay. The upheaval of the Ancient Emperor Realm's world is about to begin. The peerless fortune plotted for countless ages will also appear. Let us go together and strive to seize it," an ancient Great Power spoke, his features indistinct, but his voice resonated through the endless void.
"Agreed!"
A total of nine ancient Great Powers charged together towards the Ancient Emperor Realm.
The upheaval of heaven and earth was about to begin!