In truth, having reached a cultivation level like his, he could already be said to rival a peerless powerhouse at the eighth layer of the Great Power realm. Even his comprehension of the Great Dao was no less profound than a powerhouse of that level.
Moreover, because of his Chaos Supreme Body, he could easily enter the Dao Realm, perceive the myriad Daos of heaven and earth, and comprehend the mysteries of chaos.
At this moment, his state of mind was peaceful, like a clear mirror, seemingly merging completely with chaos.
Myriad layers of ancient chaotic qi cascaded down, completely submerging his entire person. His eyes seemed to contain ancient universes, with chaos manifesting within, and ten thousand strands of dawn light faintly flickering.
Within, a figure appeared—it was his figure, it was him.
But it existed only in illusion.
That was Ye Chen's mind manifesting another version of himself, located within his sea of consciousness, visible through his eyes.
At this moment, the other self within his eyes moved its hands, tracing various Great Dao trajectories, enacting the myriad methods of all heavens in another world.
Boom—
Suddenly, the heavens collapsed and the earth split, the four seas shattered. The other self was seen with a Green Dragon on the left, a White Tiger on the right, a Vermilion Bird above, and a Black Tortoise below, evolving the Four Great Sacred Beasts. Accompanied by four-colored divine light, earth, water, fire, and wind manifested, possessing boundless divine might while also capable of cleaving open heaven and earth, creating a world.
But the Four Great Sacred Beasts vanished in an instant, replaced by a golden, brilliant mysterious world appearing behind him, from which sharp metallic qi capable of severing all heavens erupted, and countless golden dao soldiers surged forth.
That was the Metal Realm of the Five Elements.
Subsequently, the Wood World, Water World, Fire World, and Earth World—the other Five Elements Great Worlds—appeared one after another.
The Five Elements Great Worlds encircled each other, and Ye Chen's five viscera also circulated with resplendent five-colored light, intertwining with the Five Elements Great Worlds, shining brilliantly. Vaguely, five majestic figures could be seen seated within the Five Elements, reciting Five Elements scriptures, capable of tearing apart the great universe upon awakening.
Then the Five Elements dimmed. However, within Ye Chen's eyes, one eye radiated boundless holy light. Within it, one gave birth to two, two gave birth to three, three gave birth to all things. All things grew, mountains and rivers stretched for ten thousand miles, trees blotted out the sky, myriad spirits were nurtured, displaying vibrant vitality.
The other eye, in contrast, appeared pitch black, as if it were an infinite world that had passed away, the Six Paths of Hell. Endless corpses fell, blood stained the heavens, stars shattered. There was not a trace of vitality, only infinite death, infinite stillness.
One eye for life, one eye for death—the dual heavens of life and death. This was the Life-Death Great Dao of the Heaven's Gate Lord, passed on to Ye Chen for him to comprehend.
Space-time trembled violently, everything was about to reverse and return to the origin point—this was the Emperor Technique of the Space-Time Great Emperor, Primordial Origin!
Endless flying immortals, all heavens and myriad domains, all had immortal shadows descending to the mortal world—that was the Heavenly Emperor's Forbidden Secret Technique, Myriad Realms Eternal Immortals!
One force breaking ten thousand methods, battling through ten thousand layers of heavens, slaughtering all heavens, burying the great universe—Battle Slaughtering Heaven!
Slaughtering immortals and slaying gods, ancient Great Emperors breaking into the immortal domain, specializing in killing supreme immortals—Immortal-Slaying Eight Styles, Immortal-Destroying Style!
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Severing Heaven Finger, Heaven-Shaking Palm, Heaven-Suppressing Seal, Heaven-Summoning Art, Heart's Edge Sword Finger, Mountain-Embracing Seal, Void Great Hand Seal, Boundary-Traversing Secret Technique, Battle God Seal, Great Dao Treasure Vase manifested, Treasure Lotus Seal, Yin-Yang Sacred Art... one divine ability after another was successively enacted.
And it wasn't just divine abilities being enacted; even alchemy techniques, formation dao, and other paths were enacted. All methods returned to their source, all were the fundamental myriad Daos, all could evolve into the ultimate chaos.
Finally, the World Creation Universe was also enacted. This was his own dao technique, his most powerful Forbidden Divine Ability. In the hands of the other self within his heart, it was continuously performed, stronger than other methods, even stronger than the most powerful Great Emperor Forbidden Divine Abilities like Primordial Origin, Myriad Realms Eternal Immortals, and Battle Slaughtering Heaven.
Because those were ultimately created by others. Only the World Creation Universe was personally created by him, fusing myriad methods, sublimated on the foundation of cleaving open heaven and earth into a Forbidden Divine Ability. It was the most compatible with him, the most compatible with the Chaos Supreme Body.
Now enacted, and performed within his heart, he could act without restraint, witnessing the creation of the small chaos universe, the appearance of all heavens and myriad worlds, all heavens and myriad Daos.
Although this enactment was performed within the heart and not real, it still consumed immense mental energy. Normally, it couldn't be performed casually.
But Ye Chen had now entered the Dao Realm, and had even fallen into a mysterious and profound special state. He could wholeheartedly and selflessly perform the enactment. His understanding of chaos rapidly increased, and the chaos comprehension bestowed upon him by the former Supreme Saint Emperor also quickly surged into his heart.
Ye Chen enacted the myriad methods he had mastered from the past to the present, performing them within his heart. The world within his heart continuously collapsed, starting over in an endless cycle.
Within his glabella, the Chaos Saint Soul figure resonated with the profound meanings of the Great Dao scriptures of the Chaos Chapter. Powerful chaotic light continuously flickered, one chaos rune after another constantly flashed. Vaguely, the phantom figures of all heavenly deities could be seen appearing, surrounding the Chaos Saint Soul figure in recitation. Even more, ten thousand divine demons roared at the heavens.
Past life, present life, all kinds of dao techniques—everything returned to the most primordial chaos.
One day, two days, three days...
In the blink of an eye, five years passed. Ye Chen remained immersed in the chaos enactment. This enactment was far more difficult than imagined. Wanting to enact his own dao technique was even more difficult.
Throughout the ages, regardless of which realm's powerhouse wanted to enact their own divine ability or spell, they required a vast amount of time. This was especially true the higher the realm reached.
Like Ancient Monarchs, like Great Emperors—they stood at the very top of the pyramid of the entire ancient universe. Which of the dao techniques they enacted wasn't earth-shattering and renowned throughout history? How could they be enacted casually? It often required thousands or tens of thousands of years, or even longer periods.
Like great waves washing away sand, like amber forming—both were evolutions over long ages.
The Dao was the same. Only after being tempered through long ages could it truly become a technique, and it was destined to shake the ancient and illuminate the present because of it.
At some unknown time, the other self within his heart disappeared. Ye Chen's Original Body, which had been motionless, finally began to truly move.
He closed his eyes, stood upright with his slender Saint Body, and pushed out his left hand. It was a palm, like mutton-fat white jade—it was precisely the Heaven-Shaking Palm from the Battle Saint Technique.
However, his right hand extended, transforming into the Immortal Saint Fist, with dazzling golden light coiling around it, accompanied by wisps of ancient chaotic qi, colliding with the Heaven-Shaking Palm of his left hand.
Left hand and right hand collided.
A thunderous boom resounded through the lava world, stirring up endless lava waves.
Then his left hand transformed again into another divine ability—the Heaven-Summoning Art of the Donghua Family—while his right hand became the Severing Heaven Finger!
Afterwards, both hands continuously transformed into various divine abilities. Left and right hands each enacted different ones, but each time they collided with each other.
Even though he deliberately suppressed his full power, it still created massive fluctuations, causing immense turmoil in the boundless lava world.
However, the lava world was located deep within the Nine Colors Imperial Star. The Imperial Star was perpetually shrouded in imperial aura. Even the powerhouse of the Nine Colors Imperial Clan outside would find it difficult to detect the massive fluctuations deep within. Moreover, Ye Chen was in a special state of enlightenment and didn't care at all whether the outside world noticed.
Thus, Ye Chen once again enacted the myriad methods, progressing from the other self in his heart to his Original Body truly performing them. They continuously collided with each other, continuously tested, continuously enacted.
Occasionally, his temperament would also undergo astonishing changes. He would appear domineering and boundless, like a War God, grand and sweeping, blood energy steaming, vast and mighty across all heavens, capable of sweeping through three thousand great worlds.
At other times, he would exude boundless demonic might, like a peerless Great Demon King, capable of destroying a great world in the blink of an eye.
But in the end, he would always calm down again, his heart like still water, enacting the myriad methods, deconstructing the myriad Daos, transforming them into various Great Dao runes. He continuously disassembled them, then continuously reassembled them, performing enactments and attempts.
He even disassembled his own World Creation Universe and attempted the same with other Great Emperor Forbidden Divine Abilities. Other profound techniques and dao methods were also taken out.
Thus, another full twenty years passed.
By now, he had been on the Nine Colors Imperial Star for a full twenty-five years. The Nine Colors Imperial Clan still couldn't find Ye Chen's true location, but they persisted relentlessly. That most terrifying Eternal Sword God also remained seated in the starry void outside the domain, maintaining his vigil.
He was too powerful and had lived long enough. Not to mention a mere few decades, even a thousand or ten thousand years, he would remain immortal, remain as he was.
As for the outside world, because of Ye Chen's stunning appearance for just a few days, many powerhouses had pursued the Mystic Dao Elder for a long time.
The Mystic Dao Elder also learned from Ye Chen's divine power clone about his Original Body's current situation—trapped on the Nine Colors Imperial Star and in the midst of enlightenment, unable to leave for the time being.
The Mystic Dao Elder nodded, then no longer planned to flee. It seemed he had grown tired of this game of pursuit. He directly revealed his true identity, instantly causing countless pursuers to feel their scalps go numb, horrified.
The Mystic Dao Elder was actually this old fellow.
A living legend. Although he hadn't taken the final step for seventy thousand years, how could others easily look down on him? Having remained at the peak of the Great Power realm for seventy thousand years, who would dare say he was definitely past his prime? At the very least, he still had thirty thousand years of lifespan left, and his blood energy hadn't declined to the extreme.
As long as he lived for one more day, he remained a massive deterrent.
Especially now, under the decree of no monarchs, in this flourishing era where Ancient Monarchs did not appear, peak Great Powers were the most powerful existences in the mortal world. Even an undying imperial clan would think twice before provoking them.
But no matter what, they couldn't understand. Earlier, the Mystic Dao Elder had also participated in the pursuit, and it was even rumored he had taken action to kill the alien insect race Mother Queen and heavily injured the Battle Saint King. Who would have thought that everything in the end was false.
What was even more shocking was that this Mystic Dao Elder had instead helped the Battle Saint King. All of this seemed utterly inexplicable.
On that day, over thirty Great Powers halted their advance, standing at a distance confronting this seventy-thousand-year living legend. Among them were eight super Great Powers above the seventh layer—a luxurious lineup virtually invincible below the Ancient Monarch realm. Even facing a peak Great Power, they could absolutely contend, and there was a high probability they could suppress them.