The Dan Emperor Clan cut open those special Chaos Primordial Stones within the imperial clan's heavy hall, and what they extracted was the most terrifying thing, causing widespread casualties among the Dan Emperor Clan. Even important figures of the imperial clan fell in great numbers, resulting in massive losses.
However, there was another version of the story: the Dan Emperor Clan had cut out truly world-shaking immortal treasures from those Chaos Primordial Stones, but the fluctuations were too great. The important imperial clan figures who were too close couldn't withstand it and directly exploded.
Regardless, the supreme powerhouses from across the Star Sky in Dan Tian City were not having it.
Because the Chaos Primordial Stones originally didn't belong to the Dan Emperor Clan; they were only temporarily moved to the imperial clan's heavy hall out of concern for their extreme danger.
Yet now, the Dan Emperor Clan had secretly cut open the Chaos Primordial Stones behind the backs of the various heavens' powerhouses. If they had cut out a world-destroying great evil, that would be one thing—they would retreat as far as possible and secretly gloat.
But if they had cut out another priceless treasure, something like the Chaos Immortal Egg, no one would easily agree. Wouldn't the ultimate beneficiary then be solely the Dan Emperor Clan?
Precisely because of this, for a time, the entire Dan Emperor Clan was in an uproar. Countless great figures descended upon the imperial clan's heavy hall to demand an explanation.
But in reality, no matter how one thought about it, everyone understood it was all for the truly priceless treasures within the Chaos Primordial Stones.
Facing supreme powerhouses from across the Star Sky, even the Dan Emperor Clan dared not openly offend them, just as with the auction of the Immortal's Broken Arm.
In the end, the Dan Emperor Clan promised to allow a portion of the supreme powerhouses to enter the imperial clan's heavy hall to jointly cut open the Chaos Primordial Stones, but all consequences would be borne by themselves.
Because the Chaos Primordial Stones might contain priceless treasures, like the Immortal's Broken Arm or the Chaos Immortal Egg, but they might also nurture world-destroying great evils. Within the Chaos Sea were many ancient battlefields, some even involving the most terrifying Emperor level, where supreme immortals had fought, where supreme Emperors had fallen, and where the most dangerous baleful auras of the Chaos Sea resided. In short, it was perilous.
Danger and opportunity coexisted!
Naturally, the various Great Powers wouldn't give up this chance. After all, it was the imperial clan's heavy hall; they all believed such a tragedy wouldn't happen again under the imperial clan's control.
Unfortunately, many outstanding talents of the younger generation could only gaze from afar at the imperial clan's heavy hall without being able to enter, as their strength was insufficient, forcing them to stop.
However, some of these outstanding talents were invited, among them several being Great Power-level Supreme One prodigies. Apart from their sufficiently young cultivation years, both their cultivation and status were enough to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Heavenly Mighty Figures.
At this level, even the Dan Emperor Clan dared not ignore this category of Supreme One prodigies.
Not long after, a Heavenly King from the Dan Emperor Clan descended upon the treasure pavilion to pay a visit to Ye Chen. Although his tone carried some of the imperial clan's unique arrogance, it was also quite polite, even accompanied by reverence, due to Ye Chen's current unparalleled prestige.
The imperial clan Heavenly King got straight to the point, directly stating his purpose.
The imperial clan invited Ye Chen to proceed together to the depths of Dan Tian City to cut open the remaining special Chaos Primordial Stones, fearing another incident like the Immortal's Broken Arm.
Moreover, Ye Chen was a Chaos young generation's supreme, possessing a special sensitivity toward chaos. Not long ago, he had even cut open a Chaos Primordial Stone that outsiders viewed as utterly ordinary, extracting from it a peerlessly priceless Chaos Immortal Egg.
On another note, the Battle Saint King's strength was also sufficient—slaughtering young generation's supremes, suppressing and killing ancient Great Sages—enough to sit as equals with those sect-founder-level Great Powers who dominated a region of the Star Sky. He couldn't be overlooked.
Furthermore, these few Chaos Primordial Stones had become quite restless since arriving at the imperial clan's heavy hall, constantly devouring the great dao essence energy within the imperial clan's ancient hall, forming vortexes.
Even with the imperial clan's ancient formations deployed, they couldn't completely isolate it. Some of the Chaos Primordial Stones displayed eerie scenes; several imperial clan experts had inexplicably turned into pools of pus and blood. Although they were only Saints, even Great Powers found it difficult to detect, which was the strangest part.
Hearing this, Ye Chen hesitated briefly before nodding in agreement. After all, he was quite curious about these Chaos Primordial Stones. Moreover, the imperial clan's heavy hall was arranged with the undying Emperor formations left by the Alchemy Emperor, and it was also guarded by the Dan Emperor Cauldron, capable of protecting everything. There was simply no need to fear.
For these various reasons, Ye Chen ultimately agreed.
Having obtained the Battle Saint King's agreement, the imperial clan Heavenly King immediately brought Ye Chen along to the imperial clan's heavy hall.
At the center of Dan Tian City was a city-within-a-city belonging to the imperial clan, equally vast and magnificent, resembling the capital and imperial palace of the mortal world, but appearing many times more luxurious and grand. It also concealed even more hidden dragons and crouching tigers, with unknown numbers of peerless experts hidden within. Some of their auras even felt obscure to the current Ye Chen, further highlighting the Dan Emperor Clan's profound foundation.
After entering, the imperial clan Heavenly King directly led Ye Chen to a rather solemn ancient hall. Inside, Heavenly Mighty Figures had gathered, all surrounding the divine platform at the center of the ancient hall.
Because placed at the center were several massive Chaos Primordial Stones, submerged in boundless great dao essence energy that was continuously devoured by the stones. During this, one special great dao phenomenon after another manifested—like immortals flying out of the sea, true dragons soaring across the nine heavens, one flower one world—all quite extraordinary.
However, there were also several Chaos Primordial Stones that appeared ordinary, placed there later, sourced from that street stall. They were all relatively large, perhaps because Ye Chen had once cut out a Chaos Immortal Egg from a similar Chaos Primordial Stone, so they were unwilling to give up, hoping to cut out some peerless treasures.
Ye Chen's appearance obviously attracted the attention of several ancient Great Sages, who nodded toward him with equal courtesy.
Clearly, even these sect-founder-level Great Sages who had roamed the Star Sky for tens of thousands of years absolutely dared not act arrogantly toward the Battle Saint King's status.
Among them were also some people Ye Chen knew, like the dwarf race young generation's supreme Fei Tuo, Dan Yang, and several other supreme young generation's supremes who had reached the Great Power realm, their status no less than the other Heavenly Mighty Figures.
However, among them were also the Soul-Restraining Hall's Vice Hall Master Qin Jiuyou and other Soul-Restraining Hall Great Powers, who looked at Ye Chen with sinister, cold smiles: "I never thought a mere brat could come participate in this stone-cutting assembly. Has the Dan Emperor Clan overestimated the Battle Saint King?"
Their words carried no small amount of sarcasm, but more than that, they were filled with killing intent.
Yet Ye Chen responded indifferently: "Indeed, a dog can't change its habit of eating shit. I, this brat, am not that impressive either. I just killed seven of your Soul-Restraining Hall Great Powers above the fifth heaven in the Burial Heaven Domain. Before the auction grand event—oh, right in front of you, this so-called Vice Hall Master—I also killed three Great Powers. But I heard the so-called Soul-Restraining Hall Vice Hall Masters are all very powerful, invincible across the Star Sky. Why do I feel they're just average, unable to even protect their own stray cat and dog subordinates? Disappointing."