Those were Heaven's Avatars, manifesting from the gate of light formed by thunder. Nine of them stood together.
And at this moment, they were different from before, with a great distinction. They were not at the Heavenly King realm like Ye Chen, but had unleashed a supreme and peerless aura.
It was as if the true Heavens had descended upon the world. That supreme Emperor's might surged, stirring the River of Time.
It was too terrifying, startling everyone, even the true Emperors and Sovereigns were no exception.
"What exactly is happening? Has this junior summoned nine peerless Emperors and Sovereigns?" The Taichu Sovereign was shocked. Sovereigness Jialuo and Sovereign Xu also had flickering gazes, revealing genuine astonishment.
They all possessed the true aura of Emperors and Sovereigns. The three Sovereigns could sense it, surpassing the Sovereign level.
How was this possible?
"It's the Nine Heavens, and even the Tenth Heaven is present!?"
Not to mention the three Sovereigns, even the Emperors and Sovereigns far upstream in the River of Time, in the Mythical Epoch, changed expressions. They looked at the Heaven's Avatars on the gate of light formed by thunder, sensing the peerless aura on their bodies, as if the true Nine Heavens had descended to the mortal world.
One must know that the true Nine Heavens were existences that could stand shoulder to shoulder with Emperors and Sovereigns, presiding over the nine heavens.
Moreover, they saw a tenth figure appearing within the gate of light formed by thunder, appearing hazy and mysterious, shrouded by chaotic mist, impossible to see through, yet equally terrifying.
However, the alien race Emperors and Sovereigns knew some great secrets that could not be spoken of. They were shocked, and one of the Emperors and Sovereigns even spoke: "Impossible. The Tenth Heaven cannot possibly still exist. He is clearly no longer here; he defected to our race."
Boom—
Taboo Immortal Lightning streaked across.
One of the greatest secrets of ancient and modern times was spoken, originating from the mouths of the alien race Emperors and Sovereigns. The legendary Tenth Heaven had not fallen but had defected to the alien race.
This was an ultimate secret. No one in this epoch knew of it. Even in the Mythical Epoch, only a small number knew. It was also the primary reason why people in this epoch could not break through to the Tenth Heaven's Great Perfection.
The Tenth Heaven had betrayed this universe, defecting to the alien race, causing the Heavenly Dao to be incomplete, unable to sense the Tenth Heaven. How could one break through?
Yet what was shocking was that the Tenth Heaven had clearly defected to the alien race, so why did it appear within the gate of light formed by thunder? This was inconceivable.
Even more inconceivable was that this was clearly just a Heavenly King tribulation. No matter how extraordinary, it should not be like this. It seemed what was summoned were not Heaven's Avatars but the true "Heavens," possessing invincible divine might.
In truth, Ye Chen was also just taking a gamble. Heavenly tribulations had always varied from person to person. If someone's aura was excessively powerful, the heavenly tribulation would react, manifesting a tribulation of that level.
Thus, he had previously harbored the idea of using the tribulation to deal with the alien race Sovereigns. But the result was clearly astonishing—it could even affect the alien race Emperors and Sovereigns.
But he also felt something strange, because the tribulation was too terrifying, feeling excessively transcendent.
On the vast and mighty River of Time, countless points of light soared up from the river, merging into the bodies of the nine Heaven's Avatars in the sky, making them increasingly real and increasingly fearsome.
Among them, the voices of the alien race Emperors and Sovereigns spread: "So that's how it is. I understand now. It's the remnant thoughts of the former Nine Heavens scattered throughout the ages, gathered together. Combined with this special heavenly tribulation, they manifested your avatars, thus causing your brief return. It's not the true return of the Nine Heavens; we overthought it."
This was the true truth. The true Nine Heavens had not returned. It was their remnant thoughts scattered throughout the ages, using Ye Chen's supreme tribulation to condense and appear.
In the Mythical Era, the Ten Heavens had all participated in that battle. The result was the Tenth Heaven's betrayal, while the other Nine Heavens' fates were unknown.
Some had said the Nine Heavens had all fallen, but after their fall, their forms and spirits had returned to this universe, transforming into rules, supplementing most of the Heavenly Dao, allowing people to cultivate to the ninth heaven.
And the Tenth Heaven's departure caused the Heavenly Dao to lose an important part, thus making it impossible to break through to the Tenth Heaven.
This was a Mythical secret, not something ordinary people could know.
Now, the Nine Heavens' remnant thoughts, using the River of Time, gathered together and entered the Heaven's Avatars within Ye Chen's tribulation, briefly reviving and appearing, thus creating this scene.
"Admirable and lamentable Nine Heavens, shamelessly betraying Tenth Heaven!"
The three Sovereigns sighed. Although the Nine Heavens had passed, their remnant thoughts remained unextinguished. Using the River of Time, they briefly revived and appeared to intercept the alien race's Emperors and Sovereigns.
Boom—
Although inconceivable, the Heaven's Avatars within the gate of light formed by thunder, except for the most mysterious Tenth Heaven, were all specially influenced. They no longer targeted Ye Chen but stepped forward, moving against the current, charging toward the alien race Emperors and Sovereigns in the Mythical Epoch, directly launching attacks accompanied by boundless might.
The Fifth Heaven's Avatar was a generation's female supreme. Her face was wrapped in clouds and mist, unseen. Three thousand strands of black hair cascaded like a waterfall of clouds. Her figure was graceful and charming, clearly a woman peerless in grace and beauty, but truly a generation's peerless female Emperor. She formed hand seals, and a demonic jar appeared.
Boom—
The demonic jar unleashed world-destroying black light, accompanied by Emperor and Sovereign laws that could freeze everything and annihilate everything. Even the River of Time was about to be frozen.
The first strike was already so fierce, unleashing true supreme Emperor's might, peerless and unmatched.
The alien race Emperors and Sovereigns in the Mythical Epoch could not truly cross the River of Time for now because the Heaven-Burying Stele was still there, not truly pulled up, blocking them. But they were unafraid, snorting coldly: "They are merely the remnant thoughts of the former Nine Heavens. Do you truly think they are the Nine Heavens' true selves? Even if they came, they would be suppressed and slain by us, let alone mere remnant thoughts? Kill!"
Boom—
The alien race Emperors and Sovereigns truly unleashed their most terrifying power, transforming into boundless demonic light, blocking the Fifth Heaven's Avatar's peerless attack.
Moreover, boundless killing intent surged over, clashing at the very upstream of the River of Time.
The other eight Heaven's Avatars also attacked, having gathered remnant thoughts from throughout the ages, possessing supreme Emperor's might, more terrifying than Sovereigns.
The Eighth Heaven's Avatar struck, cleaving the universe, shattering time.
Another Heaven's Avatar wielded immortal divine techniques, a single sword chilling the myriad realms, cleaving forth accompanied by endless divine might, tearing apart heaven and earth, blasting forward.
...
A full nine Heaven's Avatars attacked together. That kind of divine might was unprecedented, capable of slaying true Emperors and Sovereigns.
No one in the world could withstand the full-force attacks of nine Emperor and Sovereign-level existences. Even if they were only Emperor and Sovereign remnant thoughts, it was terrifying enough.
One could see the River of Time completely severed, causing an unprecedented massive impact, also submerging everything there.
That place was submerged by endless light. Everything was invisible. Even though everyone was watching, the three Sovereigns wanted to see through, it was impossible.
In a daze, they saw the River of Time dyed red by blood. It was pitch-black—the blood of alien race Emperors and Sovereigns. Wounds appeared on demonic bodies larger than ancient realms, suffering heavy injuries.