"Or perhaps more accurately, it should be the Angel God Emperor."
As Ye Chen's words were uttered, it was as if they had touched upon an ancient taboo. The void around them seemed to completely collapse, rumbling with terrifying intensity.
That's right, Christie was the Angel God Emperor.
There could be no mistake. Apart from Emperors and Sovereigns, who in this world could so thoroughly suppress Ye Chen in a battle at the same level?
No one.
Only those supreme existences like Emperors and Sovereigns, who had experienced countless battles throughout their lives, had even fought against other Emperors and Sovereigns, and possessed boundless years of rich experience, could, in a battle at the same level, use their extreme wealth of combat experience to steadily suppress Ye Chen and see through his many attack patterns.
Otherwise, even if an Imperial Son or Imperial Daughter came, they wouldn't be able to so completely suppress Ye Chen in the early stages, finding it difficult to gain even the slightest advantage over him, and might even be suppressed by Ye Chen in turn.
Moreover, the ability to so skillfully operate and unleash those forbidden divine abilities of the various Emperors was something even an Imperial Son or Imperial Daughter could absolutely not achieve.
And that Twilight of the Gods was precisely the forbidden divine ability of the Angel God Emperor. It had never been used before, reserved until the very end as a trump card, much like the Universe Creation technique Ye Chen himself had developed.
Considering all of this, didn't it precisely indicate that Christie was the Angel God Emperor?
Hearing this, a trace of surprise appeared on Christie's peerlessly beautiful face, though it was surprise directed at Ye Chen. Then, a smile that could be described as stunningly magnificent slowly appeared on her face: "You are even more intelligent than I imagined."
She did not deny it, acknowledging her identity as the Angel race's Great Emperor, the one hailed as the God Emperor.
And simultaneously, an ethereal yet palpable pressure emanated from her body. However, this pressure was countless times more vast and powerful than before.
Divine might like a prison?
No, this was Imperial might like the heavens, capable of shaking the great universe!
Even if it was just a wisp, it was still infinitely more terrifying than before.
If Christie were to strike at this moment, Ye Chen would have absolutely no ability to fight back. Even a single finger from her would be enough to annihilate him thousands upon thousands of times.
Indeed!
Even though he had long suspected and actively proposed it, the moment he learned this answer was true, Ye Chen couldn't help but feel a storm of shock surge within his heart.
The one who had just engaged him in that ultimate showdown was actually the first-generation Angel God Emperor, an Emperor and Sovereign, a supreme existence standing at the true pinnacle across the entire Sealed Boundary Universe and even the Chaos Sea.
He just hadn't expected her to appear before him in such a guise.
Ye Chen let out a soft sigh, putting away his solemnity, replacing it with a deep, heartfelt respect. He bowed and saluted: "This junior, Ye Chen, pays his respects to Senior Angel God Emperor."
On his face, there was no longer the previous calm and naturalness, nor the indifference. There was only genuine respect.
Because the Angel God Emperor was a true Supreme Great Emperor of the Sealed Boundary Universe, one who had once protected it, with immeasurable merits and achievements. She deserved the reverence of all future generations, deserved respect. Even Ye Chen, this key figure with boundless hope, must do the same.
Christie, that is, the Angel God Emperor, now had her sixteen wings retracted. In their place were layers of sacred halos enveloping her body, holy light scattering everywhere, making her appear much more divine, more pure and flawless than the Moon Goddess of the Ninth Heaven. Her golden hair was even adorned with a radiant, flawless holy light, something to be admired from afar but never profaned.
However, probably not many people knew that the first-generation Imperial Ancestor of the Angel race was a female Emperor.
"Ye Chen, Chaos young generation's supreme, also the young generation's supreme of the Battle Saint lineage." Christie spoke slowly. Although she stood at the same height as Ye Chen, Ye Chen felt from the depths of his heart that he could not meet her gaze as an equal. In his heart, there was only awe, and he was willing to feel that awe.
"The Battle Saint lineage is indeed extraordinary, or perhaps it's the fortune of the Battle Saint Ancestor, to have a great disciple like the Sovereign of Formlessness with limitless potential, and also a descendant like you with similarly boundless potential." Christie sighed softly. "How dazzling and peerless Qin Wuxiang was back then, hailed as the King of Sovereigns, with matchless, world-topping combat power, the First Sovereign, even qualified to battle Emperors and Sovereigns or Supreme Immortals."
"We even all believed that given enough time, Qin Wuxiang could break through the shackles of the Emperor's path, surpass ordinary Emperors and Sovereigns, and achieve the status of the strongest Emperor was not impossible."
"Unfortunately, in the battle of the Mythical Great Destruction, Qin Wuxiang fell before he could fully mature, perishing at the hands of the alien race. It is deeply heartbreaking."
"I originally thought the Sovereign of Formlessness was a unique exception. I never expected that after endless years, this lineage could produce another equally stunningly talented Chaos young generation's supreme like you. Perhaps even more stunningly talented, having cultivated the Chaos Great Dao. Even though it's not yet fully perfected, it's already monstrously peerless. It gives me hope."
Christie, the Angel God Emperor, held a very high evaluation of Ye Chen, even higher than her evaluation of the First Sovereign of the Mythical Era, the Sovereign of Formlessness.
Because if the Sovereign of Formlessness had the chance to become the strongest Emperor, then Ye Chen, who cultivated the Chaos Great Dao, had the hope to impact the truly peerless, ancient and modern realm of Eternity.
Even though that hope was but a faint, almost imperceptible sliver, it was still hope.
Therefore, the hope seen in Ye Chen was even greater than that seen in the Sovereign of Formlessness.
Ye Chen remained silent, only a trace of bitterness appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Could one truly see hope?
Could his future self truly achieve that peerless, ancient and modern Eternity?
When he recalled the scenes from the Mythical Great Destruction he had obtained from the wine earlier, he had seen his future self—invincible yet utterly alone. Had that self truly achieved Eternity? But it seemed unable to reverse time, to change everything, only able to stand at the farthest end of the River of Time, gazing across endless years at all that had happened in the past.
If he had achieved Eternity, would his future, supremely peerless self still send the corpses of relatives and friends, send them up the River of Time, to bring himself various key clues he would need to face in the future?
Seeing the trace of bitter smile at the corner of Ye Chen's mouth, Christie slightly frowned: "What are you smiling bitterly about?"
"This junior was merely thinking that 'Eternity' is too difficult. Even if one successfully cultivates the Chaos Great Dao, it's unknown whether one can hope to glimpse the path to 'Eternity.'"
"You know of 'Eternity'?" She showed a hint of surprise, after all, the existence of the 'Eternity' realm belonged only to an ethereal legend.
For the countless living beings in the Chaos Sea, Emperors and Sovereigns or Supreme Immortals were the supreme, highest existences, the ultimate peak, insurmountable.
However, only those who reached a sufficiently profound level and possessed sufficiently high status were qualified to know that within the Chaos Sea, there existed a mysterious ancient stele, incredibly ancient. It recorded that in distant, almost unreachable epoch after epoch, perhaps even before the various Chaos Ancient Universes had appeared, there were suspected to have been existences that transcended Emperors and Sovereigns or Supreme Immortals, eternal and immortal, referred to as 'Eternity.'
Although it belonged only to legend and might not exist, the various Emperors and Sovereigns or Supreme Immortals all believed that 'Eternity' truly existed, guiding their pursuit.
But how did Ye Chen come to know of 'Eternity'?
Ye Chen said: "This junior once had the fortune to encounter a remnant imprint left by Senior Time-Space Great Emperor within the World Tower of the Tenth Imperial Pass and learned of 'Eternity.'"
"So it was the Time-Space Great Emperor who told you." Christie showed a moment of dazed recollection, then gently shook her head and sighed softly, also seeming somewhat relieved. "It's good that he still lives. After all, this vast chess game laid out over countless years cannot lack him. His Time-Space Emperor's Dao is one of the keys, indispensable."
"Chess game?" Ye Chen's eyes flashed, catching some extremely important information, and he recalled the Time-Space Great Emperor mentioning it to him.
"Yes, the chess game." Christie said slowly. "At this point, your cultivation is still passable, having reached the Great Power realm. Moreover, you are a key person, carrying the hope of the entire Sealed Boundary Universe. You are also qualified to know some of the inside story. For example, regarding this chess game, although it's not yet time to reveal everything, you can be informed of some aspects."
Hearing this, Ye Chen hurriedly assumed a serious expression, becoming earnest: "Please, Senior, inform me. This junior can swear a Heavenly Dao oath that I will never divulge it."
"You need not be so serious." Christie smiled, then invited Ye Chen to sit down again. The Imperial might around her completely retracted, as if she were an ordinary person, with no trace of pressure or energy.
But Ye Chen truly understood clearly just how terrifying an Emperor's wrath could be. A single thought could utterly annihilate him, this Chaos young generation's supreme, without any doubt.
"You have met the Time-Space Great Emperor. You should also know that not all the Emperors and Sovereigns of the Sealed Boundary Universe perished; some are still alive, right?" Christie spoke, then, seeing Ye Chen nod, continued: "Then do you know why, during the battle of the Mythical Great Destruction back then, when our Sealed Boundary Universe was defeated and the alien race army fully invaded, the Emperors and Sovereigns who did not perish did not step forward to stop it, but allowed it to happen? Why did some even leave the Sealed Boundary Universe instead of staying to continue the fight?"
Ye Chen honestly shook his head, because he himself did not know and had always been quite puzzled.
The Emperors and Sovereigns of the Sealed Boundary Universe had not all perished. There were even the strongest Emperors like the Tai Sheng Sovereign and the Time-Space Great Emperor still alive. Some Emperors and Sovereigns had gone far to the Primordial Immortal Realm, even entering that eerie no-man's-land where immortals, emperors, and everything are buried.
But why did they watch the Mythical Great Destruction happen back then without doing everything to stop it, instead waiting for the rescue from the Primordial Immortal Realm, forcing the alien race army to fully retreat?
"It was all for the sake of this Heaven and Earth Chess Game." Christie sighed softly. "Knowing they could not resist the alien race, staying would only add to the casualties. Moreover, the various Emperors had long deduced that the alien race would invade the Sealed Boundary Universe and had made preparations, leaving behind their own contingencies."