Deep within the Ultimate Ancient Path, there existed a vast expanse of primordial ancient realm, a trial ground specifically designed for the trial-takers of the Ancient Path.
Within it, the Bloody Battlefield stretched for hundreds of thousands of li, incredibly vast and broad. Numerous Ancient Path Trial-takers were engaged in fierce battles, vying for the great opportunities scattered throughout this trial world.
Among them, an Immortal Ancient Weapon left behind by an ancient Great Power soared through the sky, carrying with it a Great Power Level Origin. Furthermore, clusters of divine spiritual sources were manifesting, each also considered a heaven-defying opportunity that could allow a Heavenly King at the peak to refine it and break through to the Great Power realm.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Numerous Ancient Path Trial-takers shot into the sky, striving to seize these treasures. Various Dao weapons and magical artifacts danced chaotically, and all sorts of divine abilities and laws erupted skyward, exploding into brilliant divine lights, shattering heaven and earth, a truly spectacular sight.
Boom!
Golden light suddenly flashed. At this moment, a vast golden ocean appeared with lightning speed, then swept across the entire Bloody Battlefield, accompanied by a terrifying, world-shaking destructive power.
"Damn it, run!"
The many Ancient Path Trial-takers fighting on the Bloody Battlefield all shot into the sky, trying to flee. However, it was too late. This golden ocean arrived far too quickly, reaching them in a flash, engulfing the entire Bloody Battlefield.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
In the sky, over thirty powerful Ancient Path Trial-takers, along with other powerful beings from various races obstructing them on the Bloody Battlefield—totaling over a hundred individuals—were all utterly annihilated, their bodies and souls completely destroyed!
Among them, a tall, straight, and robust figure descended, stepping through the air. His black hair cascaded like a waterfall, his eyes sharp as heavenly swords, his bearing majestic and imposing, possessing an aura that looked down upon all heavens, like an emperor among men, peerless in dignity.
He took a single step and arrived before the Great Power Level Origin in the next instant. Swinging his slender, crystalline golden palm, he clashed with the awakened Immortal Ancient Weapon. The impact erupted with boundless celestial light, unleashing devastating power that shook the vast Bloody Battlefield.
Yet, his own body remained indestructible, unshakable, standing firm as a mountain. His golden palm transformed into a golden heavenly stele, descending from the sky accompanied by numerous Great Dao runes. With a single hand, he suppressed the Immortal Ancient Weapon, then firmly grasped it in his palm. No matter how the Immortal Ancient Weapon struggled, it could not truly break free, being forcefully suppressed.
"This is not something you can touch. Scram!"
At that moment, another supremely powerful figure flew over. It was actually a Great Power, an ancestor Great Power revered in this star domain, incredibly powerful. He also wanted to seize this Great Power Level Origin, and an intense battle erupted right in the sky.
Divine energy shook the heavens, as if two deities were engaged in fierce combat, shaking the entire cosmos.
However, it didn't take long before heaven and earth shattered. A golden spear pierced through the supremely powerful figure, nailing him onto an eternal, indestructible blood-red cliff on the Bloody Battlefield. Boundless golden light erupted, shaking heaven and earth, moving ghosts and gods to tears. It instantly blasted this ancient Great Power apart, annihilating him completely, his soul utterly incinerated.
A Great Power had fallen!
Everyone watched in horror and despair as the young figure descended step by step through the air. Bathed in blood, his tall and straight figure radiated endless golden light, trembling the space around him, tearing open numerous spatial rifts. He was terrifying to the extreme, truly like a War God descending to the mortal world, invincible.
"It's him, the invincible Battle Saint Qian Xun!"
Many Ancient Path Trial-takers were terrified, their expressions changing!
Qian Xun, a peerless young generation's supreme on the Ultimate Ancient Path, incomparably powerful. Though very young, he had long possessed an invincible bearing and had even slain other young generation's supremes. No one could look down on him.
It was said that this mysterious Qian Xun had the qualifications to contend for the divine throne of Ancient Path Overlord.
In the sky, the mysterious Battle Saint Qian Xun grabbed the Great Power Level Origin. He did not leave. Instead, he gazed toward the distant horizon, as if looking at someone, and said coldly, "Has that heartless man finally arrived? When we meet on the Ancient Path, I will surely kill him!"
Boom!
His golden hand clenched. The Great Power Level Origin in his palm was directly crushed, exploding into immeasurable light that swept across all directions, transforming into a sky full of spiritual essence. People were shocked by Qian Xun's domineering attitude and utter disregard.
In a mysterious secret realm, a place where fallen petals drifted continuously, springs tinkled, the land was vast and sparsely populated, and rich heaven and earth spiritual energy existed. There were many spiritual veins, as well as traces of Primordial Qi, Supreme Yin Water, and Supreme Yang Essence.
This was an excellent cultivation ground.
Here, a figure sat cross-legged, his entire body bathed in holy light, with ten divine halos encircling him. Each divine halo overflowed with resplendent multicolored light, like immortal radiance, setting off this young man as if he were a Son of Light, dazzling and eye-catching.
The man's body glowed with radiant light, his hair loose, each strand shimmering with brilliant radiance, exceptionally eye-catching.
Upon him, layers of holy light enveloped him like layers of great world heavens, always appearing transcendent and outstanding, dazzling and remarkable.
If Ye Chen were here, he would certainly recognize him. He was Yuan Yao Divine King, a mysterious and transcendent young generation's supreme. His current cultivation level was unknown, but it far surpassed his previous state.
At this moment, a handsome, jade-like Daoist boy appeared, flying over and landing before Yuan Yao Divine King. He bowed respectfully and spoke softly, "Lord, there is finally news about the person you seek."
He presented a memory jade with both hands.
At this moment, Yuan Yao Divine King opened his eyes. Within them was flawless holy light, yet they seemed to contain endless years. His gaze fell upon the memory jade. He did not take it, but instantly comprehended everything within.
Boom!
The light overflowing from the divine halos on his body grew even more intense, making him appear even more transcendent and ethereal. Gazing at the distant sky, he murmured softly, "Battle Saint King, I knew you would not die. After all, you are also a key person!"
A simple sentence, yet enough to shake past, present, and future.
If Ye Chen were here, he would be greatly shocked, for Yuan Yao Divine King actually also knew about the key person!
Far away in the depths of the Star Sky, there was a massive Life Ancient Star, incredibly huge and magnificent, inhabited by billions of living beings, with hundreds of nations and tens of thousands of sects. It was also home to many terrifying primordial ancient beasts with pure bloodlines, as well as numerous floating divine islands and an eternal Sky Divine City that had stood for ages.
This was the ancestral star of a powerful Star Sky race. The Sky Divine City even had an ancient Great Power stationed there, maintaining peace and stability for tens of thousands of years, always in a state of prosperous development.
At this very moment, the Sky Divine City in the sky above the ancient star was directly blasted apart. Even that ancient Great Power ancestor who had roamed the Star Sky for many years was similarly blasted apart, his blood staining the entire Life Ancient Star, causing a terrifying uproar.
A brilliant silver light flooded the Life Ancient Star, radiating peerless, generation-defying divine might. It was actually boundless blood energy, but manifested in a special silver color.
Within the endless silver blood energy, a god-and-demon-like majestic figure appeared, accompanied by blazing silver light, his body glowing with radiance. The entire person exuded the most terrifying, vast pressure, shaking the entire massive Life Ancient Star.
This person was like a god and a demon, always accompanied by an immortal aura. Standing in the sky above the ancient star, he gazed into the depths of the Star Sky, frowning slightly. "Two individuals from the Battle Saint lineage have actually appeared in this era? How strange. But never mind, I'll just exterminate them both."
He turned and left, leaping into the depths of the Star Sky, disappearing from sight, leaving behind a desolate and bleak Life Ancient Star.
Countless beings wept in sorrow, not only because the Great Power ancestor protecting the ancient star had fallen, but also because, without the protection of the Great Power ancestor, this resource-rich Life Ancient Star would attract the covetous eyes of other powerful races from the depths of the Star Sky. Perhaps a bloody, stormy war would erupt in the future.
However, the silver-blooded deity who caused this fundamental disaster paid no heed to any of this.
Within the Chaos Origin World at the deepest part of the Ultimate Ancient Path, the Chaos Overlord, who had remained motionless within, finally rose to his full height on this day.
Simultaneously, he was enveloped in blazing ancient Chaos Qi, his entire form submerged within. Worlds and heavens continuously evolved and transformed around him. Endless Great Dao mysteries unfolded, myriad Daos derived, laws evolved, only to return to Chaos again, repeating in an endless cycle.
He seemed to represent Chaos, and Chaos was him.
Only at this moment did he finally open his eyes from his slumber through the ages. Chaos light erupted, shattering the heavens. Upon learning the news from the 18th checkpoint of the Ancient Path, a cold smile appeared on his lips. "After all these years, you've finally been exposed, haven't you? A pity it's at the 18th checkpoint; it's difficult for me to go there. But he will soon arrive here. I am quite looking forward to it. I believe the Chaos Fruit has ripened considerably by now."
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Deep within the Ultimate Ancient Path, one supremely powerful existence after another was stirred, gazing toward the 18th checkpoint, and toward that Battle Saint King who had defied the heavens to return from death.
Among them, many were filled with sharp killing intent—there were formidable enemies, and also friends... Countless people awaited his arrival in the depths of the Ancient Path.
However, Ye Chen, the person at the center of it all, paid no attention to any of this.
Facing the great uproar he had caused, he remained as calm and natural as ever. Moreover, at this moment, he didn't care much, because he still had the Goddess, the Hall Master of the Moon Hall. He had not returned to the 18th checkpoint of the Ultimate Ancient Path, nor had he gone elsewhere. He traveled through the Star Sky, traversing the void, watching the brilliant starlight, their fingers interlocked—this was time belonging solely to them.
Finally, the two sat on a meteorite, embracing each other.
The Goddess nestled against Ye Chen's shoulder like a little bird, her dark hair cascading down. Watching the flourishing stars, they spoke of all that had happened over the years.
The Goddess learned about Ye Chen's century-long, heaven-defying resurrection. Likewise, Ye Chen learned about the Goddess and the others venturing onto the Ultimate Ancient Path and all the events that had transpired over the years.
Though both spoke lightly, downplaying the various dangers involved, they both knew the other had not had an easy time these past years, having gone through many perils before finally reaching this point. They both felt heartache, but countless words welled up in their throats, leaving them speechless.
In the end, they sat embracing each other, holding one another tightly for a long, long time, as if forever.
The two were truly husband and wife now, understanding many things about each other.
"A century apart, I never expected you to have reached this step, while I'm still stuck at the Heavenly King peak." Regarding the huge gap between them, even Ye Chen felt somewhat helpless. When had he fallen to the point where he needed his wife and children to protect him?
The Goddess gently shook her head, softly resting her head on Ye Chen's chest with exceptional tenderness. She whispered, "This is not your fault. It's only because you fought that battle back then, placing yourself in a death trap to seek life, slumbering for a century within the Sixfold Reincarnation Coffin, reconstructing your fleshly body. That's what caused your cultivation progress to slow. However, you possess the unprecedented Chaos Holy Body and have also condensed a brand new Chaos Holy Soul. You are destined to soar to the heavens. It's just not yet time for a complete transformation. What you need to do now is continue your accumulation. When you reach a certain level, you can truly transform into a perfect Chaos body and fully achieve the state of a Chaos Great Power."
Ye Chen naturally knew this. If it were an ordinary young generation's supreme, even an Emperor's Child, with the accumulation Ye Chen had, they would have long broken through to the Great Power realm.
But Ye Chen was different. He was the unique Chaos Holy Body and Chaos Holy Soul, undergoing a comprehensive transformation toward Chaos. Once he achieved the Great Power realm, he was destined to become a true Chaos Great Power, invincible across all heavens.
A Chaos Great Power represented Ye Chen's every Dao and technique reaching a higher level, becoming many times more powerful than his current state. What he lacked now was accumulation.
He had a premonition that to completely transform and achieve Chaos Great Power status, he still needed to accumulate more.
He had already accumulated the equivalent of three Chaos bodies: one suppressing the Chaos Origin light cluster, one sealed away, and the remaining one being himself.
Yet even so, it was not enough. He needed even more accumulation. Once he reached that critical point and broke through, perhaps he would surpass everything.
"But your cultivation speed seems a bit too fast. Back then, you hadn't even reached the Heavenly King peak, yet now you've achieved the Great Power realm and reached this level. It seems excessively fast. Could it affect the stability of your Dao foundation?" Ye Chen frowned. In cultivation, rushing was the greatest taboo.
Cultivation was like building a tall tower. Speed was useless; what mattered more was laying a solid foundation, a firm Dao foundation.
Only with a more stable Dao foundation could one's roots be deeper and more solid, allowing the path of cultivation to extend further and reach the true pinnacle of the Great Dao.
However, even though the Goddess was comparable to an Emperor's Child-level figure, having cultivated both the Demigod and God Transformation major realms to the perfection of the tenth heaven, her foundation was solid enough. But to cross more than one major realm and advance so many minor realms in just a short century... that was somewhat too fast, fast to an unbelievable degree.
For an Emperor's Child-level figure, it wasn't impossible, but doing so would inevitably have an indescribable impact on the entire cultivation foundation, even affecting future cultivation progress.
Throughout history, there had been no shortage of dazzlingly talented Heaven's Prides whose cultivation speed was incredibly fast. Some even soared continuously for a century, breaking all ancient and modern cultivation records, directly reaching the peak of Great Power. They were known as the fastest cultivators in history.
Almost everyone believed this peerless Heaven's Pride could ultimately break through the shackles and enter the realm of Emperor and Sovereign.
Yet precisely because of his overly rapid cultivation, this peerless Heaven's Pride's Dao foundation became unstable. Not only was he unable to achieve the Ancient Monarch realm in his lifetime, but during his final attempt to break through to the Monarch realm, his Dao foundation directly collapsed, and he passed away.
This was the danger brought by excessively fast cultivation speed. Fast cultivation speed was not necessarily the best; one needed to thoroughly solidify their foundation. That was the true path to excellence.
The Goddess smiled softly, a smile that could outshine all things, as if the heavens and earth held only her. She spoke gently, "Yue, don't worry. I know everything you're saying. It's just that when I first ascended the Ultimate Ancient Path, I was fortunate enough to encounter a truly heaven-defying immortal opportunity."
"Immortal opportunity?!" Ye Chen was slightly surprised.
The Goddess nodded. "It was a truly priceless immortal opportunity, related to Emperors and Sovereigns. Deep within the Ultimate Ancient Path, I was fortunate enough to obtain some Great Dao Origin left behind by a perished Emperor or Sovereign, and thus attained the Dao!"