Ye Chen's heart was shaken. All of this had actually been foreseen by the Emperors of the Sealed Realm? What kind of grand chess game spanning heaven and earth was this?
Moreover, they had not hesitated to abandon the billions of living beings of the Sealed Boundary Universe, burying everything. The vast Heavenly Realm continent crumbled, plunging into the dark age of the Myriad Domains epoch.
The Heavenly Dao is merciless, treating all creatures as mere straw dogs.
Could it be that these Emperors and Sovereigns, who could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Heavenly Dao, were all so cold and heartless? To watch all living beings perish at the hands of the alien race army, while preserving themselves and staying far away for the sake of this so-called 'heaven and earth chess game'?
A chill ran through his heart. If that were truly the case, were these Supreme Emperors still worthy of the reverence and worship of countless generations?
As if knowing what Ye Chen was thinking, Christie gently shook her head and said softly, "Little one, you shouldn't judge some things too hastily. The Emperors of the Sealed Realm back then were not unwilling to save all living beings. They fought with all their might, shedding blood and tears, and some Emperors and Sovereigns even fell, their blood staining the heavens. Moreover, the situation in the Sealed Boundary Universe at that time was very passive. It wasn't just the invasion of the alien race army; some of the most terrifying ancient existences also emerged, targeting the Sealed Boundary Universe. And almost all of our Sealed Realm's Emperors were pinned down, utterly powerless to fully protect the common people."
Ye Chen felt ashamed. The Emperors of the Sealed Boundary Universe were all paragons of righteousness and virtue, yet he had doubted them. It was truly unworthy.
"Back then, our Sealed Realm Emperors knew they couldn't truly stop the invasion of the alien race army, yet they still fought desperately to hinder it, paying a bloody, heavy price. Even with Emperors and Sovereigns falling, they were still powerless to turn the tide. In desperation, to preserve their remaining strength and for the sake of the larger situation in the future, at the moment of defeat, the Emperors had no choice but to scatter to various places, leaving the Sealed Boundary Universe," Christie said softly, her words calm. Yet Ye Chen could hear the immense resolve it must have taken for the Sealed Realm Emperors to make such a decision.
After all, the Sealed Boundary Universe was the place that gave them life and nurtured them, their homeland. They were supreme Emperors and Sovereigns, peerless combatants dominating past and present, yet they couldn't stop the alien invasion and were forced to flee to other domains. How heavy must the helplessness and powerlessness in their hearts have been?
Ye Chen could completely imagine it.
Who says Emperors and Sovereigns are heartless, treating all things under heaven as straw dogs?
Emperors and Sovereigns are righteous and virtuous. Their vision is not limited to the present; they see far into the future.
"Our realm's Great Emperors expended great effort to set up this heaven and earth chess game. Some Emperors even braved dangers, traveling on various paths," Christie said. "Some entered the Chaos Sea, venturing into prehistoric secret realms from endless eons ago."
"Some entered the mysterious uninhabited zones of the Primordial Immortal World, where immortals, emperors, and everything else are buried."
"Some shouldered the infamy of ages, enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens, not tolerated by the world."
"Some did not hesitate to disintegrate and enter Samsara, struggling through lifetime after lifetime, just to be more capable of facing that most terrifying Blood-Stained Future."
"Some did not hesitate to die, just to enter that land of origin, seeking the truth of ancient secrets."
"And some traversed time and space, bearing immense karmic consequences."
"There are even those who have slain Emperors and Sovereigns, suppressed and killed peerless immortals, their enemies' blood staining the Chaos Sea, invincible throughout the ages, standing alone against the most terrifying foe for an entire epoch, intimidating all enemies from daring to approach, their hearts filled with apprehension."
"Throughout the ages, one Great Emperor after another has sacrificed themselves for righteousness, setting up the grand chess game of the world, involving past, present, and future. Isn't everything they did precisely to better face the Blood-Stained Future?"
The Sealed Realm Emperors sacrificed themselves for righteousness. To face that Blood-Stained Future, to leave a sliver of hope for the Sealed Boundary Universe, they are traveling on various paths, striving in their own ways.
"But you must understand, the Sealed Boundary Universe is not without true Emperors and Sovereigns. They are just not in this universe, having transcended it, making it easier to control the chess game."
"Some are still fighting. Some went to the Chaos Sea. Some went to the Primordial Immortal World. Some have confronted the most terrifying enemy for an entire epoch. Some cycle through Samsara lifetime after lifetime. Some shoulder the infamy of ages. Some do not hesitate to die so they can defy the heavens and return in the future..."
"They are all on their paths. All of this is so they can ultimately return and participate in the Ultimate Battle!"
The words the Time-Space Great Emperor once said to Ye Chen still echoed in his mind, never forgotten.
Now, thinking about it, the living Emperors and Sovereigns of the Sealed Boundary Universe are all in various places, striving for the final chess game, for the Ultimate Battle, for the Blood-Stained Future.
As the Time-Space Great Emperor said in the past, for the sake of this chess game, the Mythological Emperors gave up a great deal, not hesitating to abandon the Sealed Boundary Universe of the prosperous Mythological Epoch and flee to foreign lands. All of this was to better face the Blood-Stained Future, the Ultimate Battle.
Only now did he truly recall. The Time-Space Great Emperor had mentioned this long ago, but he had forgotten. Now, thinking back, he felt genuine respect for the Emperors from the bottom of his heart, as well as shame for his earlier doubts.
But Christie let out a soft sigh: "Yet you must know how terrifying that Blood-Stained Future is. The Ultimate Battle involves not just the Sealed Boundary Universe and the alien race's ancient universe, but even the boundless Chaos Sea. In the great cataclysm of the Sealed Boundary Universe's mythology back then, only some ancient existences emerged. But in the Blood-Stained Future forged by the Ultimate Battle, it won't be just that. All horrors will ultimately appear. Those immortal, undying old antiques that have existed since the most primordial era, those innate deities long forgotten by the world, those things hidden deep in the Chaos Sea that have never manifested—they will all emerge one by one. There might even be some terrifying existences unknown to anyone, and it will be the same."
"The great cataclysm of mythology was also incomparably tragic. The Sealed Boundary Universe at its peak of prosperity completely declined from then on, still unable to compare with the epoch era of that time."
"But compared to the Blood-Stained Future, it is insignificant."
"To call it fearsome, to call it terrifying, is still an understatement."
"Perhaps more accurately, it is a despair-inducing Blood-Stained Future."
Although he had heard the Great Emperors mention the terror of the Blood-Stained Future more than once, every time he heard it, he felt an immense weight in his heart.
That is the Blood-Stained Future, the future that must be faced, which will overturn past, present, and future, shatter time and space, reversing everything.
"That River of Time carries all ages, epoch after epoch, the changing of eras, the sinking of time and space—all happens upon it, hiding the most terrifying great secrets."
Christie looked at Ye Chen, her sapphire-like beautiful eyes filled with a special kind of hope. She said softly, "Little one, you are one of the few key individuals chosen. Especially you, as a Chaos Young Supreme One, cultivating the strongest Chaos Great Dao, the Emperors place the greatest hopes on you. They hope that one day you can break through all obstacles, shatter all restraints, transcend even Emperors and Sovereigns, and achieve the sole eternity. Perhaps only then can everything be stopped."