Ye Chen sighed inwardly. The Ancient Emperor Realm was truly unfathomable.
Even in the face of the temptation of the Land of Creation, some powerful existences had not yet appeared in the world. Like the Cloud Heavenly Divine King, there were certainly other formidable beings who remained hidden, secluding themselves like him, unnoticed by anyone.
Even now, with the three Sovereigns having departed, and with Ye Chen having the support of many Great Powers and wielding a Supreme Emperor's weapon, he dared not claim he could sweep through the entire Ancient Emperor Realm.
For this Ancient Emperor Realm opened up by the Supreme Sovereign Emperor, Ye Chen must always maintain a heart of reverence, never letting his guard down completely.
Therefore, as he sailed through the Chaotic Sea, Ye Chen also exercised a degree of caution.
Boom—
Ye Chen personally piloted the Great Power-level divine ship, riding the wind and waves, traversing the Chaotic Sea. The journey was uneventful all the way.
Even when encountering some ferocious creatures of the Chaotic Sea along the way, before his Great Power-level combat strength, everything was swept aside. He encountered no real obstacles.
The Heavenly Kings and other powerful experts from the Imperial Dynasty who followed on the divine ship gradually lost interest in the Chaotic Sea, using this time to cultivate.
Although the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the Chaotic Sea was exceptionally violent, it was also surprisingly pure, more abundant than many blessed lands and paradises. Moreover, it contained special properties that were very beneficial for tempering the divine power within one's body.
Ye Chen remained at the bow of the Great Power-level divine ship, piloting it while also gazing into the distance across the Chaotic Sea. He wanted to search for some special living beings—the alien race!
He knew the alien race existed within the Chaotic Sea because the former generation Heavenly King of the Ancient Divine Continent, the Black Prison Heavenly King, had encountered alien race Heavenly Kings here—three of them—and ultimately fell on a sea island.
He had long suspected that tribes of the alien race existed within the Chaotic Sea. Unfortunately, he had not discovered any along the way, which disappointed him somewhat.
Naturally, Ye Chen was not in a hurry to find the alien race tribes. He would leave that for later, to search slowly. The most important task now was to cross the Chaotic Sea to reach the Ancient Divine Continent and settle some karmic ties.
Roar—
Suddenly, a tremendous roar erupted from the depths of the Chaotic Sea. Even the chaotic storms could not completely block it. It was immense, propagating for who knew how many li.
This was the third day of crossing the Chaotic Sea. Ye Chen was sitting cross-legged at the bow. His eyes snapped open, shooting forth two beams of solidified divine light, dazzling and eye-catching, as he gazed toward a certain direction. He stood up tall, his expression grave.
"Stay here. I'll go take a look," Ye Chen said, turning to the various experts on the Great Power-level divine ship.
Whoosh—
Ye Chen shot into the sky because he sensed an ominous aura manifesting. That was definitely an extraordinary and terrifying existence.
World power manifested around his body, continuously surging forth, forming an absolute defensive barrier that blocked all obstructions. The chaotic storms could not touch him.
He directly entered the depths of the Chaotic Sea, charging toward the location where the roar had erupted.
However, the roar had only sounded once before disappearing. Moreover, even after traveling a full hundred thousand li deep along that direction, Ye Chen still could not pinpoint the exact location.
He frowned, wanting to trace the source of that sound, but the Chaotic Sea was special, capable of disrupting all auras. Even with Ye Chen's strength, comparable to an ancient Great Sage, he was helpless.
Roar—
Heaven shook and earth trembled. The terrifying roar sounded once more, this time countless times more intense than before, vast and mighty, causing the pitch-black ocean to erupt with terrifying waves thousands of zhang high.
It could be seen that several sea islands in the distance, which had endured the ravages of chaotic storms for who knew how many years without crumbling, suddenly exploded into nothingness, a soul-shaking sight.
"At least a Great Power-level existence!"
Ye Chen's expression turned serious. He could sense how powerful the being producing the roar was—at the very least, a Great Power-level existence, possibly even far stronger, surpassing that level.
He did not dare be careless. He directly summoned the Human Sovereign Pagoda and took out the Primordial Battle Body, making all preparations before swiftly charging over.
Along the way, he employed the Heaven-Stealing Earth-Altering Profound Technique, aligning his aura with that of the Chaotic Sea, and silently approached.
Not long after, Ye Chen arrived at a peculiar place. Although still within the Chaotic Sea, this area was exceptionally calm, with not a trace of chaotic storms roaring or interfering.
Because the vast Chaotic Sea here presented a massive, pitch-black vortex—a terrifying sea eye, its destination unknown. All seawater and even chaotic storms flowing through this area were swallowed by this sea eye.
Below was a pitch-black expanse, like a bottomless abyss that could never be filled, accompanied by a heart-palpitating aura.
The previous roar had echoed up from within this sea eye.
Ye Chen arrived at the edge of the sea eye, his gaze focused. He even activated the Eyes of Heaven, two solidified beams of divine light shooting forth, plunging into the abyssal depths of the sea eye.
What made him frown was that the sea eye was special, permeated with a peculiar aura. He actually could not see through it.
This made Ye Chen even more grave. Being cautious by nature, although he possessed many trump cards, he was unwilling to take risks lightly.
He sat down cross-legged by the sea eye's edge. Countless strands of radiance emerged as a Dao body walked out from within him—a Supreme Dao Body, also accompanied by a certain amount of world power, faith power, and wish power. It could temporarily possess strength comparable to an ancient Great Sage, substituting for his true self to venture deep into the sea cave below.
The Supreme Dao Body directly leaped into the bottomless abyss-like sea eye. The whistling of wind echoed by its ears until, at least ten thousand li deep, it vaguely glimpsed an end.
Moreover, a chilling, sinister aura emanated from the sea eye abyss, startling to the soul.
Ye Chen, skilled and bold, entered it, heading straight for the deepest part. Faintly, he heard the sounds of crashing waves, one after another. It turned out to be connected to a special world, far vaster and more magnificent than imagined, appearing extremely gloomy and dark, devoid of light, with only the genuine sounds of terrifying waves crashing.
The seawater of the Chaotic Sea, after flowing into the sea eye abyss, entered this gloomy world, transforming into a vast ocean that submerged most of the land. However, many islands floating upon it could also be seen.
In this gloomy world, Ye Chen restrained his aura, as well as his radiance, merging with heaven and earth. But he sensed an ominous aura permeating the place, making him frown.
Ye Chen silently arrived at one of the slightly larger islands. But as he drew near, his expression immediately changed, because that was not a real island at all, but a corpse—immensely huge, lying there, colossal beyond measure, at least thousands of li in size. The so-called mountain peaks were each a hundred li tall.
And this was just a corner exposed above the water. Underwater, it might be tens of thousands of li huge, if not more.
Ye Chen took a careful look and recognized it. This was the corpse of a Starry Sky Behemoth, and it belonged to a royal clan, very powerful, slain here.
Moreover, it could be seen that this was not at its true peak; otherwise, it would have been even larger, not inferior to a Realm Beast.
Even Ye Chen had not expected to see the corpse of a Starry Sky Behemoth royal clan here. It was astonishing.
One must know that such Starry Sky Behemoth royal clans were extremely rare, possessing the potential to evolve toward the mythical primogenitors. Evolved to the utmost limit, they would be no weaker than Sovereigns. Since the beginning of this epoch in the myriad realms, they had been exceedingly few, even countable on one's fingers. Once one appeared, it would basically stir up earth-shattering waves.
Ye Chen glanced at it and sighed. Such a Starry Sky Behemoth royal clan had died just like that, failing to grow to its limit. But it was probably comparable to a Great Power level. This also gave rise to a sense of wariness within him.
Because such a terrifying Starry Sky Behemoth royal clan had fallen. Who exactly had killed it? Its body bore many wounds. Both its blood and divinity had completely drained away. It did not die a natural death.
Ye Chen ventured deeper, even extending his divine sense, powerful enough to probe a vast range, even everything underwater.
He discovered that the islands in this ocean were almost all not real islands, but corners of massive corpses protruding above the water's surface.
This place was simply a graveyard. Who knew how many living beings were buried here? In his divine sense perception, it seemed boundless and endless.
Naturally, they couldn't all be at the ancient Great Sage level. There couldn't be too many of that rank. More were beings below the Great Power level.
Moreover, Ye Chen's divine sense could not probe to the end because this place was special, containing a peculiar fluctuation that could block his divine sense probing.
"What a strange place. What exactly is this place?" Ye Chen wondered in surprise, murmuring softly as he observed the environment here, feeling wary.
This place truly buried too many living beings. The corpses of various races were boundless and endless. Who knew how many had died? Among them, many were powerful existences, not lacking Great Power-level ones. Clearly, a truly earth-shattering great battle had taken place here in the past, perhaps even more terrifying than the great war of the Age of Gods, because this world had also been shattered.
Moreover, he saw that many corpses had decayed, dried up. With just a slight touch, they would turn into powder and scatter with the wind, unable to endure.
One must know that many of these corpses in life were definitely powerful existences, among them not lacking Heavenly Kings, and even Great Power-level beings. Yet they had all decayed, showing just how many years had passed.
Probably far more ancient than even the Age of Gods.
The Primordial Era?
Suddenly, such a thought flashed through Ye Chen's mind, startling him.
Roar—
The terrifying roar sounded once more. Many corpses in this world shattered. The pitch-black ocean churned with terrifying waves. Everything originated from the roar in the deepest part.
Ye Chen looked toward that direction, his expression unprecedentedly grave. If the roaring existence was a living being from that earth-shattering battle of the distant past, surviving to this era without perishing, how powerful must it be?
Just thinking about it made one's face change color, not daring to imagine further.
However, since he had come here, and with this being a Supreme Dao Body, Ye Chen naturally did not wish to return empty-handed. Three types of power surged, causing his aura to instantly become powerful enough to rival an ancient Great Sage.
But all auras were completely restrained. He did not wish to startle the snake. He stepped toward the depths, seeing more and more islands, with many broken weapons appearing, not lacking Great Power-level ancient weapons.
Even occasionally, he saw Sovereign-level immortal weapons, shattered, embedded in the vast ocean, still emanating that peculiar aura to this day.
The deeper he went, the graver Ye Chen became. He knew that the existence in the deepest part of this gloomy world might be a terrifying being beyond imagination.
He also wondered: Could that great battle countless years ago have been caused by the terrifying existence in the deepest part?
Ye Chen slowly approached. In the center of the vast ocean, he saw an exceptionally huge sea island, still formed from corpses, and not just one. It could be a hundred thousand li in radius, vast and immense.
The flesh and blood of those living beings had turned into soil, with a decaying aura floating about, appearing even more sinister and horrifying under the gloomy environment.
Although this was a land of death, Ye Chen clearly sensed that this sea island piled from corpses emanated a vast, mighty vitality, surging and extraordinary.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Ye Chen's face changed color because he saw several special corpses located at the deepest part of the sea island, each one immensely huge, larger than stars.
Those were ancient Great Sage-level corpses, lying there. However, their origin essence and divinity had completely vanished, nothing remaining, a heart-shocking sight.
And most peculiarly, although these Great Power-level corpses had all their blood essence drained, some were from who knew how many eons ago, while others were from the last few tens of thousands of years.
Even Ye Chen discovered that one of them was a Great Power who had participated in the Heaven and Earth Upheaval. Just a few months ago, they had been together, confronting the peerless great evil. Now, they had become a cold corpse, having inexplicably fallen here, all their blood essence and origin essence completely drained away.
Moreover, it could vaguely be seen that when this ancient Great Sage died, his face was filled with terror, as if he had encountered the most terrifying existence imaginable.
This scene was shocking to behold,
making one's scalp tingle. Ye Chen felt a chill run through his entire body. What kind of living being existed here that even an ancient Great Sage could not control himself, was captured, and seemingly scared to death?
Ye Chen's eyes blazed with light, radiant brilliance shining. The Eyes of Heaven sought to pierce through the void, to see the most terrifying existence here.
Anyway, he had only sent a Dao body. He feared nothing.
Clatter—
From the deepest part came the clattering sounds of chains intertwining and colliding.
Ye Chen saw an immensely huge figure vaguely appearing in the deepest part, colossal beyond measure, larger than a Realm Beast. Thick, massive chains coiled around its body, each one so thick, formed from endless Great Dao runes and Dao marks, extraordinarily extraordinary, interweaving to trap that terrifying existence, preventing it from standing up.
One could clearly feel the terrifying Great Dao aura emanating from that fearsome existence, as if it could destroy the myriad realms.
Sovereign!
Ye Chen could sense the aura of this existence, surpassing that of ancient Great Sages. It was an invincible existence at the Sovereign realm.
Before it, Ye Chen appeared so insignificant, his aura so feeble, utterly incomparable.
Suddenly, Ye Chen's scalp tingled because this terrifying existence opened a pair of purple eyes larger than stars, coldly gazing at Ye Chen.