The moment he made even the slightest contact with the Chaos Immortal Egg, the wisps of crimson-gold Dao Fire coiling around it immediately intensified many times over. Great Dao runes intertwined, emanating boundless terror.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—
Ye Chen instantly felt an unimaginable high temperature. Even someone like him sensed a scorching heat. The power of the crimson-gold Dao Fire had increased manyfold in an instant, potent enough to burn even an ancient Great Power.
His expression turned slightly grave. However, his Chaos Saint Body was peerless and unparalleled, more indestructible than a Great Power's immortal weapon. As those wisps of crimson-gold Dao Fire burned against his palm, they merely produced faint trails of blue smoke, causing no real harm whatsoever. They couldn't even completely burn through the surface skin.
Simultaneously, strands of Chaos Ancient Qi emanated from Ye Chen's palm, dissolving the crimson-gold Dao Fire. He captured the runes of the Heavenly Fire Great Dao one by one, seeking to comprehend them, but his primary focus was actually sensing the living being within the Chaos Immortal Egg.
The moment he touched the Chaos Immortal Egg, the countless crimson-gold patterns interwoven on its surface erupted with light. The entire egg became like a blindingly brilliant sun, its temperature soaring thousands of times in an instant. The surrounding void completely collapsed.
If this area hadn't been sealed off, the entire treasure pavilion would have been utterly incinerated and collapsed, potentially affecting the outside world.
Ye Chen even suspected that a Great Power's immortal weapon might be melted down.
"What terrifying Dao Fire. What kind of Chaos Holy Spirit lies within? An Undying Immortal Phoenix? A Golden Crow? Or some other peerless holy spirit unknown to the world?"
He couldn't help but grow solemn and quickly withdrew his hand. Otherwise, even a palm as formidable as his would be burned—this was no mere exaggeration. Those Great Dao patterns undoubtedly contained the profound mysteries of a Supreme One's Great Dao. Even a single wisp was beyond Ye Chen's current ability to handle.
When his hand retreated, the Chaos Immortal Egg returned to normal, reverting to its original appearance.
It seemed like just an unawakened immortal egg, yet it possessed sentience and could sense the presence of external living beings.
After some thought, Ye Chen retrieved the Primordial Battle Body Great Halberd, activated it, and once again reached towards the Chaos Immortal Egg.
Boom—
The Chaos Immortal Egg blazed with intense light once more, flames soaring skyward and rushing in all directions. However, boundless golden radiance surged forth from the Primordial Battle Body Great Halberd, firmly suppressing the crimson-gold Dao Fire.
At the same time, Ye Chen manifested the mysteries of Chaos to dissolve the flames. As he made contact with the Chaos Immortal Egg again, the power of his Chaos Saint Soul spread out from between his brows, sweeping over the egg like a tidal wave to investigate the creature within.
Roar—
Before he could fully approach, Ye Chen felt a terrifying roar explode in his perception. It seemed to emanate from an unfathomably distant, sunken epoch, ancient beyond measure, traversing the long river of time. It carried a lofty, supreme majesty, overlooking the myriad realms, proudly dominating past and present—the roar of a peerless Supreme One.
Ye Chen's Chaos Saint Soul trembled violently, nearly on the verge of shattering.
If not for his Chaos Saint Soul, if not for the protection of the Primordial Battle Body Great Halberd, the consequences would have been unthinkable.
The existence within this Chaos Immortal Egg was far more extraordinary than imagined.
The power of his Chaos Saint Soul rapidly retreated. Ye Chen operated his Saint Body Regeneration Art to recover.
At this moment, Ye Chen gazed at the Chaos Immortal Egg with unprecedented gravity.
He even began to suspect that the being within the Chaos Immortal Egg might not be a Chaos Holy Spirit born from the Chaos Sea, but rather a peerless Supreme One who had transformed into an immortal egg to be reborn, or more accurately, to undergo a completely new metamorphosis.
If that were the case, the trouble would be immense.
However, for now, everything remained uncertain.
Ye Chen considered exploring further a few more times, but in the end, caution prevailed. He stored the Chaos Immortal Egg away, suppressing it deep within the Chaos Great Cauldron.
The Chaos Great Cauldron had long since gained sentience, possessing various incredible powers. Within the cauldron, vast spaces of Chaos could be opened, extremely expansive. Both the Chaos Immortal Egg and the Immortal's Broken Arm were stored deep within these cauldron spaces.
As for the Immortal's Broken Arm, Ye Chen ultimately did not retrieve it. The uncertainty surrounding this severed immortal limb was even greater than that of the Chaos Immortal Egg. He dared not rashly undo the seals, lest it trigger an immeasurable crisis that even he could not suppress, potentially leading to the annihilation of countless living beings within Dan Tian City.
Finally, after some thought, and fearing that one day the various seals might prove insufficient, he opened the Six-Layered Reincarnation Coffin—the one that had once entombed the remains of the Sovereign of Formlessness—and placed the Immortal's Broken Arm inside.
Ye Chen believed that even if the day came when the various seals could no longer truly contain it, the Six-Layered Reincarnation Coffin would still be able to suppress it. After all, this was the ancient coffin that had once buried the peerless remains of the Sovereign of Formlessness, possessing unimaginable power.
Then he thought of the World Tree Burial Coffin that Qin Jiuyou had obtained at the auction. Rumors said that ancient coffin was no inferior to the Six-Layered Reincarnation Coffin. Not only was its main body crafted from a living World Tree, but the World Tree Burial Coffin also contained the hope of Samsara.
If one were buried within it in the future, even in death, as long as the body rested upon it, perhaps after passing through one sunken epoch after another, silently traversing billions of years, one day, new hope would be born from the fallen form. The vanished spirit would eventually defy heaven and return, coming back once more.
Some speculated that the Supreme One-level existence within the World Tree Burial Coffin had managed to defy heaven and revive in this manner, once again proudly dominating the ages.
But no one knew for sure. Not even the identity of the peerless Supreme One buried within the World Tree Burial Coffin was known.
Furthermore, some believed that if the most heaven-defying, blood-soaked ultimate battle truly erupted in the future, being buried within the World Tree Burial Coffin might allow one to survive that most difficult era, to be reborn in the peaceful age following the most terrifying bloodshed.
If that were truly the case, Ye Chen might one day place his closest loved ones within the World Tree Burial Coffin, sending them towards the era after the ultimate battle to be reborn.
However, all that was still far too early.
In any case, that World Tree Burial Coffin held immense significance. Whether driven by his murderous intent towards the Great Powers of the Soul Forbidden Hall or by the coffin's other astonishing effects, Ye Chen was determined to seize it.
Ye Chen had already begun considering the right time to find an opportunity to snatch that World Tree Burial Coffin, naturally along with that precious Sovereign World Heart.
But now was not yet the time.
Boom—
Deep in the night, suddenly, the entire Dan Tian City trembled.
During that time, an indescribably terrifying fluctuation of the Great Dao appeared, shaking the entire Dan Tian City and drawing the attention of everyone.
However, it was quickly suppressed, so much so that before the vast majority of people could even discern what problem had arisen, it vanished, sparking widespread concern.
For a time, many rumors spread within Dan Tian City, though few were accurate.
Ultimately, truth could not be concealed by paper. Not long after, a shocking piece of news spread, shaking the entire city and capturing the attention of all—