Another it?
Ye Chen felt his scalp go numb, his face filled with shock as he looked at this terrifying Primordial Colossal Beast. What exactly was its origin?
The existence at the Monarch realm deep within the Sea Eye World was actually another it.
No wonder the locations were so similar, both having so many powerful beings lying here, bound by similar yet supremely powerful Great Dao Chains.
However, there were even more unknown great secrets within. Why were the two not in the same universe, yet both troubled by the same Great Dao Chains, seemingly unable to leave?
Why was the Monarch realm existence in the Sea Eye World so violent, while the one before him appeared much calmer?
Were the two truly split from the same supreme existence?
"I can sense the aura of another me on you," the Primordial Colossal Beast spoke, its voice shaking the entire lakebed world, stirring up endless boiling mud and dust, turning everything turbid.
"Who are you?"
Ye Chen was fully on guard. After all, this was a supreme existence at the Monarch realm, overwhelmingly powerful. The Human Sovereign Pagoda and Primordial Battle Body were both rousing.
"You need not know," the mysterious Monarch Beast Venerable replied without any fluctuation, not answering the question, merely stating coldly, "I never expected you to obtain the weapons of those two. They were indeed both very powerful, but you are too weak. Even with the main weapons of those two, what of it? If I wanted to kill you, two weapons that cannot fully awaken would not save you."
Its tone carried a lofty, disdainful arrogance, like a Heavenly God looking down upon mortal ants living on the ground, utterly contemptuous.
But this was the truth, because it was too powerful.
Ye Chen's expression changed slightly, but he was, after all, a seasoned warrior. Without a word, he searched for an opportunity to leave, because this Monarch Beast Venerable was indeed too terrifying. He was absolutely no match for it; even taking out the corpse of the Formless Monarch might not guarantee success.
The Monarch Beast Venerable did not attack. It merely looked down upon Ye Chen from its commanding height, motionless. Despite its arrogance, at this moment, it also carried a peculiar, complex emotion. "You need not flee. I will not harm you. Otherwise, I would have attacked long ago. These corpses are the best proof."
So, all the powerful beings in the tenth layer of the lakebed world had been slain by the Monarch Beast Venerable. Ye Chen secretly drew a sharp breath. It was indeed powerful enough.
Ye Chen immediately stopped, looking at the distant Monarch Beast Venerable. "Why?"
"Because you are the inheritor of the Battle Saint Lineage," the Monarch Beast Venerable said. "People of this lineage once showed me kindness, saving my life. I also made a vow not to harm anyone of this lineage and to guard here for an epoch to repay the favor. Go down. There, you will find what you seek."
As its words fell, the Monarch Beast Venerable's colossal form receded into the endless darkness once more. Even the sound of the order chains vanished.
Ye Chen was stunned. The situation had reversed so suddenly. He had been on guard against the Monarch Beast Venerable, never expecting it had no intention of harming him at all.
Moreover, Ye Chen knew that with its status as a dignified Ancient Monarch of the Primordial Times, it would never stoop to lying.
Yet, he also had to sigh in admiration for the ancestors of the Battle Saint Lineage. Without them, he likely would not have escaped unscathed like this.
In the end, no crisis emerged. Ye Chen continued diving downward. At the very bottom of the lakebed, he saw a cave opening, from which bubbles were rising one after another.
However, this cave opening was different from all the previous lakebed caverns. It was not deep and dark but brilliantly radiant, standing out like the sun in the pitch-black lakebed.
Here, Ye Chen also saw a stone stele. The script on it was the same ancient script as on the ninth layer's stele, left by the same supreme powerhouse. On the ancient stele was inscribed a single sentence: "Buried everything!"
Clearly, such words sent a chill down Ye Chen's spine. Why were such words left behind? What did all of this represent?
But Ye Chen could not know. Apart from going down, he would get no other explanation.
He had the Human Sovereign Pagoda partially roused, primordial Chaos Qi enveloping his body, and he tightly gripped the Primordial Battle Body Great Halberd to guard against any sudden crisis. Slowly, he descended, entering that radiant cavern.
Boom—
The moment he entered, he immediately felt an extremely terrifying aura assailing his face, vast and boundless, incomparably horrifying.
Hum—
The Human Sovereign Pagoda above his head actually began to tremble and hum at this moment, descending with thousands of strands of primordial Chaos Qi.
The Primordial Battle Body Great Halberd also trembled incessantly, rousing on its own!
"An Emperor's aura?"
Ye Chen was astonished. Only an aura released by such an existence could be so terrifying. If not for the protection of the Human Sovereign Pagoda and Primordial Battle Body, he would have been utterly pulverized.
But even so, he felt his entire body's muscles and bones on the verge of splitting, as if they might explode at any moment. It was utterly terrifying and astonishing.
This radiant cavern did not lead elsewhere but to an ancient, vast world, incomparably grand and immense.
However, this place was utterly devoid of life, desolate beyond measure. The starry sky was dim and lightless, all the heavenly stars shattered.
And on the vast land of this great world, Ye Chen clearly saw that within this world lay countless skeletons and corpses. Among them were remains larger than stars, just like in the tenth layer lakebed world, but even more numerous. There were also countless ruined palaces and halls.
Everything, everything, proved that this vast world had once been immense, prosperous, flourishing, with countless powerful beings. But now, everything was extinguished.
This was a once supremely glorious and prosperous vast world, now turned into a desolate dead world!
At the center of the ancient world stood a towering altar, an ancestral altar, taller than mountains, piercing into the starry sky.
It was from there that the most terrifying aura was being released, causing the Human Sovereign Pagoda to hum and the Primordial Battle Body to tremble. Both supreme imperial weapons were rousing on their own, releasing boundless imperial majesty that shook this ancient great world.
However, on the altar, Ye Chen saw a figure, its entire body shrouded in chaos. Only vaguely could it be seen that this figure was so majestic, so peerless!
Moreover, the Divine Stone Coffin within his body suddenly rushed out, standing upright there, motionless, as if in silent mourning.
Boom—
Ye Chen felt the Battle Saint blood within his body boiling, drawn by some kind of aura, about to fully awaken, shaking heaven and earth.
"This is—"
In a daze, he seemed to see the most great and peerless figure between heaven and earth, its heroic bearing overshadowing the world, overlooking the vast past and present, spanning the River of Time, powerful beyond description, as if even the ancient cosmos could not contain its form.
Great Emperor!