Ye Chen left the Primordial Immortal Realm without looking back, departing from the Immortal Heavenly Pass.
That magnificent, indescribably grand Immortal Heavenly Pass still stood upon the River of Time, leading to the most powerful ancient universe—the Primordial Immortal Realm!
Yet Ye Chen felt not a shred of nostalgia.
Following the River of Time, he directly left the Profound Ancient Gate, not even lingering in the Profound Land, for now was not the time.
Finally, Ye Chen left the River of Time and returned to the Ancient Emperor Realm.
In the vast starry sky, the source of the heavenly tribulation remained, with parts of the sea of tribulation light and thunder not yet completely dissipated, still boiling, still fiery, though much weaker by comparison.
Ye Chen strode over, plunging himself into it, struggling through the final crossing of the tribulation, or rather, devouring the last of the sea of tribulation light and thunder.
Xia Zhidi, the Primordial Times Barbarian Divine King, and the numerous ancient Great Sages had long since retreated, unwilling to be tainted by even a trace of the great tribulation. They had also teleported the many experts of the Holy Domain back to the Imperial City, for only there was it safest.
On the Ancient Emperor Continent, across the three great domains of the human race, demon race, and beast race, countless living beings looked up to the sky. They could see, in the deepest reaches of the starry void, boundless radiance continuously erupting and spreading, along with infinite pressure of the Great Dao pressing down. The sun, moon, and stars all trembled as if about to completely collapse.
It seemed as if the world was about to be annihilated.
Billions of living beings trembled, ready to kneel and prostrate themselves, praying to the deities not to bring down the great tribulation and punish them.
However, only true cultivators could sense how terrifying that boundless aura truly was. It was certain that a peerless, matchless supreme expert was undergoing tribulation, struggling to cross over, to transcend everything and become the most powerful existence between heaven and earth.
"Ah—"
No one knew exactly how much time had passed. Accompanied by a great roar that shook the entire Ancient Emperor Realm, a blazing pillar of chaotic light shot into the heavens, inundating the vast heavens. Then, everything was about to end.
Everything concluded. All the great tribulations completely dissipated, leaving only Ye Chen alone, dominating the Ninth Heaven, overlooking the myriad heavens and gazing down upon the ten thousand domains.
He had preliminarily achieved success in Chaos. He had become completely powerful and could now suppress ancient Great Sages.
This could be considered a perfect, complete success. His entire being now stood in another realm, his aura astonishing the world. He only felt that his comprehension of all Chaos Dao techniques had become much more complete.
Yet it was strange; even Ye Chen himself found it difficult to understand exactly which realm he now stood in. For he was not a Great Sage, nor was he a Heavenly King.
Just what realm was this?
Ye Chen's body trembled. Ten divine halos of godhood manifested, completely connecting with each other, solidifying into a single entity. It was as if they had pierced through a mysterious primordial Chaos ancient universe, from within which boundless primordial Chaos Qi continuously flowed out, inundating his own body and setting him apart like a transcendent, immortal deity.
Everything seemed to have undergone a special transformation.
"Battle Saint King!"
At this moment, the six ancient Great Sages, including Xia Zhidi, the Nine Void Divine King, and the Primordial Times Barbarian Divine King, rushed over. Looking at Ye Chen, whose body was wreathed in primordial Chaos Qi, they all exclaimed in admiration, "Battle Saint King, you are truly too fierce! You actually blasted open the Profound Ancient Gate and charged into the Primordial Immortal Realm. It's simply unheard of, unseen!"
Ye Chen merely smiled and said, "Just luck, nothing much."
Indeed, although he possessed the secret technique "Primordial Origin" of the Space-Time Great Emperor, resonating with the River of Time was, in a sense, also due to the Profound Ancient Gate. Moreover, without the great tribulation, without the Heaven-Wastage Great Halberd, how could he have made those ancient Great Sage gatekeepers of the Primordial Immortal Realm open the gate?
It could be said that all of this was a combination of various factors—fortune.
However, Ye Chen had now succeeded in overcoming the great tribulation. His entire being was in a special state of great completion, his aura astonishing the world, not inferior to that of an ancient Great Sage. Yet it also caused people to wonder why the manifestation of the Tenth Heaven, which should accompany such a tribulation, had not appeared.
Naturally, no one knew this, and Ye Chen was also unclear. But in a sense, perhaps he could already be considered an alternative ancient Great Sage, even far more powerful than ordinary Great Sages.
"Esteemed Seniors, I shall first return to handle some matters. We shall gather again later!"
Ye Chen offered an apology, took a single step, and the stars shifted. In an instant, he crossed a star domain. After walking a dozen more steps, he traversed the vast starry sky and arrived at the Central Imperial City.
His speed was too fast, surpassing even his past self. He descended above the Imperial City.
"The Battle Saint King has returned!"
"Everyone, come quickly! The supreme Dominator of the Holy Domain has returned!"
With a boom, from the central region of the Imperial City, within the Central Heavenly Palace and the Holy Domain hall, a large number of Holy Domain experts surged out, densely packed, filling the entire sky.
Among them were no shortage of Overlords, Saint Lords, and even Reincarnation-level supreme experts, including the remaining six Imperial Dynasty Heavenly Kings and the Holy Domain's Eight Heavenly Kings, all gathered together. They looked with reverence at the Holy Domain's Dominator, the Battle Saint King, descending from the heavens, gazing at his heroic, majestic, peerless figure with incomparable excitement!
Ye Chen's black hair flowed loosely, his divine light radiant. In the instant his profound eyes held a gentle fluctuation, he smiled and nodded towards them: "Everyone, you have worked hard these days."
All of this was naturally for protecting the Holy Domain, preventing outsiders from seizing it. They had endured a century of arduous guarding, and especially these past few days, protecting him during his transformation within the Chaos light cocoon.
All of it, he had seen with his own eyes, never forgetting.
On the Central Holy Domain hall, many people couldn't help but weep loudly—tears of joy, but also of sorrow, for too many had died in this war.
Most importantly, among the nine Imperial Dynasty Heavenly Kings, the Heavenly King of the Fengyang Imperial Dynasty had fallen just like that. Two other Imperial Dynasty Heavenly Kings had perished within the century. And one Imperial Dynasty Heavenly King had fallen along with his entire royal clan, filled with grief and sorrow.
"Do not worry. I will seek justice for everyone for all of this!"
Ye Chen spoke softly, yet his tone carried firmness, brooking no doubt.
In the past, he was not present, slumbering for a century in the Chaos Sea. Naturally, he knew nothing and could not act. But now, having achieved great success and returned against the heavens, things were naturally incomparable to before.
Who was he? The inheritor of the Battle Saint lineage, where forcefulness and domineering aura were passed down through the generations. He naturally would not abide by any so-called gentlemanly etiquette. For him, forceful action was the true principle!
Boom—
Ye Chen suddenly erupted with boundless light, containing a special holy radiance that blotted out the sky and covered the earth, inundating the entire Holy Domain hall and enveloping everyone.
In that instant, among the Holy Domain's many experts, all those who bore injuries began to heal at this very moment. At the very least, all external wounds vanished.
To heal so many people at once was simply a supreme divine miracle, making people's admiration for the Holy Domain's Dominator surge even more endlessly.