The great war between the two Ancient Universes had finally come to an end. The Tenth Emperor's Pass was ultimately and completely sealed, never allowing the alien race army to march straight in, thus safeguarding the security of the Ancient Universe.
The alien race was unwilling. Because of the brief revival of the Formless Sovereign, four of the seven Sovereigns had fallen, with only three barely surviving.
The army that had come was completely annihilated, including all Great Powers who had all perished.
In the end, even the peerless Emperor of the alien race descended at all costs, standing upon the Two Realms Battlefield, facing the Tenth Emperor's Pass directly. His Emperor's might swept through past and present, obliterating the ages.
This was the alien race's greatest trump card. For certain reasons, the alien race's Emperors had not descended before the Emperor's Pass since the beginning of this epoch. This descent had come at an unimaginably great cost.
Just as success seemed imminent, it all fell short at the final moment. The Heaven's Gate of the Emperor's Pass closed completely, causing the Alien Race Emperor to roar, his cry shaking the eternal sky, filled with intense unwillingness.
Yet, he was helpless. The Tenth Emperor's Pass was jointly constructed by the mythic Emperors, containing even the great power of the Space-Time Emperor. It was not something a single Emperor could open.
Moreover, at the final moment, the Supreme Human Emperor of the Myriad Domains finally appeared. He stood upon the Emperor's Pass, his figure towering and peerless, his Emperor's might surging, confronting the Alien Race Emperor from afar across the sealed pass.
This was the first meeting between the strongest beings of the two Ancient Universes. The aura that could shake the River of Time made all living beings tremble.
Were it not for the barrier of the Tenth Emperor's Pass, a world-shaking Emperor-level battle would have certainly erupted.
Unfortunately, with the Emperor's Pass sealed, the Emperor-level battle ultimately did not occur.
The Supreme Human Emperor, majestic as heaven and earth, gazed at the Alien Race Emperor and said, "Withdraw. You alone cannot breach this Emperor's Pass."
After calming down, the Alien Race Emperor spoke coldly, "What of the Emperor's Pass? It will be breached eventually. That day is not far off."
Shrouded by the myriad Daos, with the phantom images of the myriad realms and domains appearing before him, the Supreme Human Emperor was incomparably majestic, peerless and unshakable. He spoke indifferently, "On that day, we will settle accounts properly with your alien race. Now is not the time. You should worry about yourself first. Daring to descend before the Emperor's Pass before the true time has come, you will pay a price, even if you are an Emperor."
The experts on the Sealed Boundary Universe's side were shocked. Since the beginning of this epoch, the Alien Race Emperors had been unable to emerge and attack the Emperor's Pass, seemingly bound by some immense restraint, unable to come forth.
The Alien Race Emperor's demonic might pierced through past and present. He looked towards the extreme depths of the Chaos Sea, as if gazing at something, and said coldly, "Could it be that they dare to wage war against our universe as well? Even if they were the ones who prevented it in the previous epoch, it still won't do."
His brief words revealed a massive amount of information, shocking the hearts of the experts on the Sealed Boundary Universe's side.
Despite his words, the Alien Race Emperor ultimately turned and left, disappearing from the Two Realms Battlefield and returning to the Alien Race Ancient Universe.
The Supreme Human Emperor gazed at the Two Realms Battlefield for a long time before suddenly turning. His aura, peerless, instantly stabilized the collapsing Emperor World and suppressed all turmoil.
The Two Realms War of this epoch, which had alarmed even Emperors, had finally concluded.
The Sealed Boundary Universe had emerged victorious, successfully closing the Heaven's Gate of the Emperor's Pass, safeguarding the security of the Sealed Boundary Universe, and severely wounding the alien race, forcing them to retreat in helplessness.
"It's finally over! Everything is past! The alien race has retreated! The Sealed Realm is safe!"
"The Tenfold Emperor's Pass was not breached! We are still alive! The Ninefold Emperor's Passes are all safe and sound!"
"Most of the people were evacuated! Everything is alright!"
Cheers erupted from the Ninefold Emperor's Passes, celebrating the retreat of the most terrifying calamity, celebrating that the Emperor's Pass had not been breached, celebrating that the alien race army was still blocked on the other side of the Tenth Emperor's Pass.
Everyone within the Ninefold Emperor's Passes was overjoyed and excited. Even the Tyrant Heaven Sovereign breathed a sigh of relief.
Because everything was over, he could finally rest properly.
However, after the brief cheers, as everyone calmed down, what followed was not joy, but grief and sorrow. Waves of weeping sounds began to spread, affecting the Nine Sovereign Ancient Realms within the Ninefold Emperor's Passes. Countless living beings were in mourning.
What was there to be happy about?
What was there to celebrate?
This was merely a pyrrhic victory, a victory that had buried far, far too many.
There was simply too much tragedy within the Tenth Emperor's Pass. Far too many living beings were buried there. Blood stained the entire Emperor's Pass, dyeing the entire Emperor World red.
There was blood from the Sealed Boundary Universe, and from the alien race.
Countless living beings, Heavenly Kings, Ancient Great Powers, even partial remains of Primordial Sovereigns were buried here, unable to escape.
Too much tragedy remained. The Emperor World had buried far too many heroic souls. One recalled the stunningly brilliant Heavenly Gate's Gate Master, and the Battle Saint King, the number one young generation's supreme of the myriad realms...
Far too many heroic souls had willingly buried themselves. All of this was solely to protect the Sealed Realm.
The safety of the Emperor's Pass now, the continued existence of the myriad realms, all of it was because of these people who sacrificed themselves, selflessly dedicating their power for the greater good.
How many towers and pavilions stand in the misty rain? Everything is beyond words.
The once-prosperous Emperor World, where experts from all realms gathered, Emperor Clans were stationed, and countless ancient races thrived, had now collapsed because of that war. Everywhere lay in ruins, a far cry from its former glory.
Only the Emperor World's origin remained undestroyed. Resonating with the World Tower and with the Supreme Human Emperor's intervention, it was re-creating heaven and earth, restoring itself.
However, everything required time, many years, perhaps even an entire era...
The Heaven's Gate of the Emperor's Pass was completely sealed, reinforced by the Supreme Human Emperor's hand. A Human Sovereign's decree suppressed the heavens, and the Human Sovereign's Tower descended upon the Emperor's Pass, to exist eternally, forever sealing and guarding the pass.
The thirty-three-layered Emperor Tower stood tall upon the majestic pass, gazing towards the Two Realms Battlefield. Yet it seemed more like it was waiting for someone, a young generation's supreme who should have inherited this Emperor Tower in the past...
After the war, many experts like the Tyrant Heaven Sovereign and the Great Powers from all realms voluntarily entered the ruined Emperor World. They looked upon the blood-dyed Emperor World, the shattered earth, the edges of chaos, hoping to find relics of the fallen heroic souls.
Especially the Heavenly Gate's Gate Master and the Battle Saint King, to enshrine them in the halls of the Myriad Domains Palace, to be eternally commemorated, so that future generations would remember their goodness and their existence.
The former was magnanimous and righteous, willing to bury himself and burn all his potential to severely wound the seven alien race Sovereigns, buying crucial hope for everyone, all to protect the Sealed Boundary Universe.
The latter was the same. He was the last of the Battle Saint lineage, a young prodigy who could have walked the Ultimate Ancient Path, already bearing the title of the number one young generation's supreme of the myriad realms. His future was destined for ultimate glory; he was a future peerless Supreme One, perhaps even capable of achieving Emperorhood.
He also had a breathtakingly beautiful, immortal-like wife, a lovely daughter full of potential, a beautiful younger sister, and two newly risen great powers, prosperous and no less than supreme holy lands.
Yet, Ye Chen chose to be righteous and awe-inspiring at the final moment, sacrificing himself in a Saintly Sacrifice to revive the Formless Sovereign's immortal body, repelling the alien race's powerful enemies and completely closing the Heaven's Gate of the Emperor's Pass, while he himself perished heroically.
Regardless, both deserved the respect of all living beings across the myriad realms.
Without them, perhaps the Emperor's Pass would have fallen long ago. Blood rain would have flown across the entire Sealed Boundary Universe, with billions of living beings suffering.
It was just a pity that everything was destroyed. The Emperor World collapsed, its edges turning to chaos.
Both heroic and righteous individuals had completely self-destructed and burned, not leaving behind a single relic. Everything was utterly consumed.
The divine coffin that had buried the Formless Sovereign also disappeared, as did the Heaven-Wasteland Great Halberd. Some had seen that after the great battle, both had plunged into the boundless, vast Chaos Sea, seemingly to disappear forever.
Naturally, the Heavenly Gate was also affected. Its prosperous upward trajectory came to an abrupt halt. Because the two strongest representatives of its generations—the Heavenly Gate's Gate Master and the Battle Saint King, who held the status of the Heavenly Gate's future successor—had both fallen in the Emperor's Pass, the originally flourishing Heavenly Gate was helplessly unable to advance further.
The moment the news arrived, the entire sect was draped in white mourning clothes, weeping sounds filled the skies. All elders and disciples were in deep mourning, crying bitterly.
On the other side, it was the same in the Ancient Orchid Great World and the Imperial City's Holy Domain of the Ancient Emperor World.
Major forces from across the myriad realms sent experts to offer condolences. Even Ancient Great Powers came, and the Human Sovereign dispatched envoys to pay respects.
In the Ancient Orchid Great World, white mourning clothes were worn, the great world was in sorrow. Billions of living beings wept bitterly, chanting the name of their World's Master, the Battle Saint King.
Even at this time, endless Faith Power gathered. The colossal statue of the Master God standing in the Holy City began to glow.
Within the palace halls, Ye Chen's loved ones—the Three Immortal Maidens, Ruoxi, Yaya, Ye Ao and his wife—were in deep mourning, washing their faces with tears day and night. They also understood why they had felt that inexplicable sorrow that day.
They never imagined the tragedy of a hundred years ago would play out again, also falling because of the Immortal Heavenly Pass.
They never expected that the farewell not long ago would become their final parting.
"Everyone, please accept our condolences. The Battle Saint King was righteous, a hero of the Sealed Boundary Universe. The world will forever remember his spirit," the envoy sent by the Human Sovereign's Palace comforted.
"No! He can't be dead!"
In the hall, although the Primordial Female Saint Master wore white mourning clothes, at this moment she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with an unusual firmness.
It wasn't just her. Even Yiwu, Chen'er, Yaya, Ruoxi, and the others quickly pulled themselves out of their grief. Because last time, Ye Chen was also thought to have perished, body and soul, yet in the end, he survived and reincarnated.
Therefore, this time, Ye Chen's loved ones like the Three Immortal Maidens believed he could not have perished just like that. He would certainly defy the heavens and return once more in the future.
Although Ye Ao and Xia Wei were grieving, after hearing the explanations from the Three Immortal Maidens, Yaya, and Ruoxi, they nodded through tears, believing it to be true, seeing a glimmer of hope.
Although they didn't know how many years they would have to wait this time, the several women declared that no matter how many years, even if the seas ran dry and the rocks crumbled, they would continue to wait.
Ye Chen would not die. He would certainly reappear at some point in the future. And when he did, he would appear in another heaven-defying manner.