Ye Chen began to refine the Assassin Venerable. The Chaos Great Cauldron directly devoured all of the Assassin Venerable's flesh and blood, within which boundless primordial Chaos Qi surged, roiled, and circulated.
The Assassin Venerable was truly a pitiful figure, clearly an ancient Great Sage, worthy of being revered across the Myriad Domains.
Yet, unable to match the Battle Saint King, his physical body was shattered for the first time in battle. He couldn't immediately reform it in the distant sky. Although he was still reforming at a speed visible to the naked eye, compared to the instantaneous speed of reformation, it was far, far slower.
All of this was due to Ye Chen's primordial Chaos Qi causing trouble, eroding his flesh and blood, grinding away various laws of rebirth. In a sense, it greatly restricted his speed of reformation.
However, what was even more terrifying was that before the Assassin Venerable could fully reform, Ye Chen's Chaos Great Cauldron suddenly smashed over.
That was no ordinary strike; it contained Ye Chen's most fearsome blow. Chaos light blazed brilliantly here, surging and boiling, soaring through the nine heavens, shattering the Assassin Venerable, who had not yet fully reformed, into pieces once more.
This single strike was enough to inflict heavy damage on the Assassin Venerable; even the light of his divine soul dimmed considerably.
Moreover, the Chaos Great Cauldron flipped over, directly collecting all of the Assassin Venerable's exploded flesh and blood within it. Boundless Chaos laws surged and roiled, truly grinding and extinguishing him.
"Ah—"
The Assassin Venerable's divine soul roared and howled within the Chaos Great Cauldron, filled with terror and agony, struggling, wanting to break out of the Chaos Great Cauldron.
However, the Chaos Great Cauldron contained Ye Chen's various insights into Chaos, intertwined and entwined with numerous Dao principles, sealing the entire Chaos Great Cauldron shut, making it impossible to struggle free.
This shocked the other Great Powers engaged in duels, especially the six hostile Great Powers on the other side, including the Tai Sheng Imperial Clan, whose expressions changed drastically.
The Battle Saint King might truly possess the ability to suppress and kill an ancient Great Sage.
He was so young!
The six ancient Great Sages, including the Tai Sheng Imperial Clan and the Ancient Demonic God, naturally could not allow him to completely kill the Assassin Venerable. No matter what, it was unacceptable.
Boom—
The Great Sage of the Tai Sheng Imperial Clan was the first to take action. He unleashed the supreme aura befitting an imperial clan, his Emperor's bloodline power boiling, his Dao might immeasurable, pushing forward Dao and techniques that could shake the heavens, pressing down with full force.
It must be said that as a Great Sage from an imperial clan, he possessed an innate advantage. Anyone born into an imperial clan who became a Great Sage was inevitably a former genius of that clan. While his Emperor's bloodline power couldn't compare to that of an Emperor's son, it was still sufficiently dense and powerful, allowing him to exert a considerable advantage at this moment.
The Great Sage of the Tai Sheng Imperial Clan displayed a world-shaking divine ability, forming hand seals and techniques. Instantly, an ancient cosmos manifested, floating and sinking, with sun, moon, and stars appearing. He pushed it forward, crushing everything, suppressing Ye Chen.
Boom—
Ye Chen's black hair billowed wildly. His eyes were as deep as black abysses. In his hand, he held the God-Killing Sword, which was burning, fully releasing all its potential. On either side of him, the gourd and the Dao Diagram also shone with full radiance, completely revived, confronting the Great Sage of the Tai Sheng Imperial Clan. Astonishingly, they actually held their ground.
If it were just suppressing the Assassin Venerable, that would be one thing, but the fact that the Battle Saint King could also withstand the Great Sage of the Tai Sheng Imperial Clan truly exceeded everyone's imagination.
Moreover, one must know that the Battle Saint King had not yet utilized the power of faith from the two realms, nor the fundamental might of the Ancient Orchid Great World. Yet he had reached this level. If he were to truly employ them, who knows to what terrifying extent he would ascend?
The more they thought about this, the more wary all the hostile Great Powers became. The Battle Saint King had to be thoroughly eradicated, or he would truly become a major problem.
Because they had already moved to a position of complete opposition, they had no more reservations.
Boom—
A fearsome fierce battle erupted. Ye Chen pushed forward for thirty thousand li, his Chaos techniques erupting in full force, continuously engaging in terrifying collisions with the Tai Sheng Imperial Clan.
The three Immortal Ancient Weapons were revived by him to their absolute limits, especially the God-Killing Sword. Its divine essence was completely burning, making it far more terrifying than the ordinary revival of an Immortal Ancient Weapon. It was akin to the first Heavenly King, Lou Changfeng, from before, who self-immolated his divine soul—both were methods of obtaining vast divine energy in advance.
Meanwhile, on the other side, his Chaos Great Cauldron shone with full radiance. Strands of Chaos order divine chains intertwined and entwined, wrapping the Assassin Venerable's divine soul within, continuously burning and refining it, aiming to incinerate everything completely.
The Assassin Venerable's divine soul howled in agony and misery within, wanting to struggle free, yet utterly helpless.
Because there was simply no way. The other ancient Great Sages were all blocked. Even the ancient Great Sage of the Tai Sheng Imperial Clan was being forcibly held back by Ye Chen, wasn't he?
Moreover, given the fearsomeness of Chaos Dao Fire, far beyond what ordinary Dao Fire could match, given enough time, if this continued, the Assassin Venerable would very likely be completely refined.
"Battle Saint King, you dare to kill the Assassin Venerable? He is an ancient Great Sage, an important force protecting the Sealed Boundary Universe. Have you forgotten? Even the Human Sovereign does not permit the killing of Great Sages. Do you intend to defy the Human Sovereign's command?" The Great Sage of the Tai Sheng Imperial Clan, unable to rescue the Assassin Venerable in the short term, could only resort to this threat!
Moreover, the Human Sovereign was too powerful, the number one figure in the Sealed Boundary Universe, hailed as not inferior to an Emperor, mastering the true Dao of the Myriad Heavens, representing the great orthodoxy.
His command was absolute. No one dared to defy the Human Sovereign's command.
Yet, Ye Chen's expression remained unchanged. He said coldly, "At this point, you still want to threaten me with the Human Sovereign's command? On what grounds can the Assassin Venerable protect the Sealed Boundary Universe? Hah, a hundred years ago, when I sacrificed myself at the Tenth Emperor's Pass, reviving the Saint's remains of the Sovereign of Formlessness to repel the seven Sovereigns of the alien race, where was he? Where were you? What qualifications do people like you have to speak to me about protecting the Sealed Boundary Universe?"
"And you allow yourselves to come kill me, to hinder my transformation, but I'm not allowed to kill you in return? Hah, what do you people amount to? Today, I'll kill you without discussion!"
Ye Chen was extremely forceful, utterly fearless. Even if the Human Sovereign himself came, he would remain forceful to the end. Otherwise, everyone under heaven would think the Battle Saint King was easy to bully.
Moreover, if the Human Sovereign truly acted that way, his heart would turn completely cold.
A hundred years ago, he spared no effort to protect the Sealed Boundary Universe. If not for the Saint Ancestor's Emperor blood, if not for the Chaos True Blood, if not for the Saint's remains of the Sovereign of Formlessness blocking all killing intent, if not for the nurturing within the Six-Layered Reincarnation Coffin and being buried deep within the Chaos Sea, he would have truly perished, his Dao extinguished.
No one could deny that he, the Battle Saint King Ye Chen, had rendered unparalleled, immense grace to the Sealed Boundary Universe.
Even in a sense, without him, the Tenfold Emperor's Pass would have been breached, the Sealed Boundary Universe would have been invaded unimpeded. Where would the current stable situation have come from?
If he did not act today, did not punish, did not warn the world, wouldn't he be seen as easy to bully?
Who was he? From the lineage of Battle Saints, always forceful and domineering. No matter who came, there was no discussion—only one word:
Kill!