The final layer of the crystal coffin opened completely. Even Ye Chen, standing before it now, felt an immense, terrifying sense of oppression, as if a million great mountains were pressing down on his shoulders, making it difficult for him to move.
It was simply too terrifying, far beyond imagination.
This was the true divine might of Chen'er's future body, even more formidable than the former Tyrant Heaven Sovereign. Its aura was world-shaking, filling the entire Immortal Sacred Land. Even the Nether Armor Great Power in the distant Nether Palace felt this dreadful pressure.
Moreover, this was a sacred flying immortal light, brimming with auspiciousness, which was even more terrifyingly suppressive towards death energy. It directly caused countless Yin spirits that had gestated within the Immortal Sacred Land, along with many cultivators who practiced the Dao of Death, to be utterly annihilated.
Among them, several Death Heavenly Kings also suffered the terrible oppression of the flying immortal light and perished, body and soul extinguished.
The Nether Armor Great Power in the Nether Palace roared, "Battle Saint King, that's enough! Don't force me to bring out another Origin Ancient Coffin!"
Ye Chen snorted coldly. However, he also wanted Chen'er's immortal body's aura to withdraw. Yet, the aura of Chen'er's future immortal body had only bloomed for a brief moment before it began to withdraw on its own, no longer radiating out. Otherwise, it would have caused extremely severe damage to the entire Immortal Sacred Land.
And one could imagine that Chen'er's future body, sent back by his future Supreme One self, must be an incredibly powerful female immortal. Otherwise, how could she possess such a world-shaking aura, almost on par with the former Formless Sovereign?
Still, within a radius of a hundred li, Chen'er's aura remained extremely fearsome, with immortal light surging. Everything originated from her immortal body, which lay there clearly, yet gave off such a terrifying sense of oppression.
Ye Chen strode forward, primordial Chaos Qi surging around him. The Heaven Desolation Great Halberd awakened, and divine soul power bloomed from the space between his eyebrows as he sought to make contact with Chen'er.
Indeed, as expected, the moment his divine soul power bloomed, all the boundless pressure suddenly dissipated. On the contrary, it became as gentle as a breeze, as if seeing a beloved person. The aura faintly brimmed with pleasant surprise and joy, welcoming Ye Chen's arrival.
Yet, Ye Chen's eyes reddened. He strode forward, bent down, and gently caressed the future Chen'er's icy, jade-like face.
Familiar aura, gentle features—everything seemed as if she were merely asleep. However, the light in the space between her eyebrows had completely dimmed; the divine soul was gone.
Even the supremely peerless, invincible Supreme One of the future, the one who dominated the great world, could not prevent it. He stood alone atop the world, without his loved ones by his side, sending these people back to the past solely to bring useful information to his past self.
"Chen'er, no matter how tragic the future may be, I will not let you perish. I will keep you by my side forever!"
Ye Chen spoke softly, filled with tenderness. From the space between his eyebrows, his divine soul flew out, entwined with primordial Chaos Qi.
It was a transformed divine soul, stronger than the Battle Saint Soul, like his true self—a Chaos Deity—as it submerged into the space between the eyebrows of Chen'er's future body.
*Hum—*
Finally, Ye Chen's divine soul avatar appeared in an unprecedentedly vast, empty void—Chen'er's Mud Pill Palace. Yet this place was almost completely void and boundless. Only a special light cluster resided in the center, containing Supreme Emperor Laws that circulated, constantly resisting the power of causality.
Because it came from the future, not of this era, anything transmitted was highly likely to be annihilated by causality.
Only his future, supremely peerless self could achieve this step, resisting the causality of all heavens, solely to allow his present self to obtain useful information and avoid the most tragic outcome in the future.
Ye Chen's divine soul avatar strode over and directly plunged into the future light cluster.
*Boom—*
In that instant, boundless light erupted from within, flooding the entire Mud Pill Palace space.
Then, with a *whoosh*, Ye Chen appeared in another space. He witnessed a series of special and magnificent battle scenes: billions of living beings as soldiers, millions of gods and demons roaring towards the heavens, experts from all realms charging forth, starry skies collapsing grandly, True Dragons soaring across the sky, Phoenixes spreading their wings, Kun Pengs howling...
One terrifying battle scene after another flashed by, no less intense than the Great Destruction of the Mythical Era.
Ye Chen even saw an Emperor strike out, moving with the majesty of a dragon and tiger, causing the myriad Daos to wail, tearing apart the endless starry sky as he fought in a vast, ancient universe, with endless blood light erupting intermittently.
These were scenes of fierce and magnificent battles, everything so utterly astonishing.
What was all this?
*Rumble—*
After a series of magnificent, epic-level battle scenes flashed by, at the final moment, Ye Chen saw a scene that truly shocked him.
At the center of the great battle stood a majestic figure whose glory shook the past and present. He was so heroic and peerless, his broad shoulders seeming capable of bearing the entire cosmos and starry sky, propping up the entire Chaos Sea.
Black hair cascaded down, each strand like a True Dragon, possessing the most powerful aura that resonated through the ages. His eyes were as profound as the Chaos Sea.
He was like a supreme Heavenly Emperor on patrol, positioned at the forefront of the battlefield, deserving the title of peerless without any exaggeration.
For the boundless starry sky completely collapsed the moment he appeared, with the myriad heavenly stars undergoing great destruction. Countless enemy experts, even Ancient Sovereigns, could not withstand his presence and exploded.
He was simply too powerful, dominating the battlefield, so dazzling as he faced the enemy Emperor, engaging in a fearsome battle where blood light constantly boiled across the starry sky...
One terrifying scene of combat after another seemed to proclaim the invincibility of a peerless Great Emperor, battling fiercely in all directions, collapsing the six directions and eight wildernesses, proving the invincibility of one man.
Ye Chen saw him—that peerless Chaos Heavenly Emperor, so young, with black hair cascading, majestic like a dragon. It was unmistakably him, looking similarly youthful yet far more mature than his present self. He stood at the highest point of the universe, overlooking the six directions and eight wildernesses, seeing through all of time. The vicissitudes in his eyes seemed to have buried countless epochs throughout the ages.
He was a peerless, invincible existence, the man who had endured all of time, majestic and unparalleled, yet also weary and powerless.
Ye Chen clearly saw that finally, as the ultimate battle concluded, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, invincible throughout the ages, took one bloody step after another, dragging his weary, blood-soaked Emperor's body, wounded and battered, to a special place.
However, Ye Chen could not see what it was, for everything opposite was shrouded by heavenly secrets; the future could not be completely transmitted back.
But he saw his future, supremely peerless self—the peerless Great Emperor, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor—gazing at what lay opposite for a very, very long time.
As if an entire epoch had passed, he finally spoke slowly, with an indescribable complexity of emotions—sorrow, regret, helplessness, powerlessness: "After burying so much, sacrificing those closest to me, in the end, is such a result really worth it?"