Thus, three days passed in the blink of an eye.
During these three days, the valley remained in a vortex-like state, with vast amounts of chaotic mist still rapidly converging towards the central area.
However, if others knew that a full three days had passed and Ye Chen still hadn't completed his breakthrough, they would surely be shocked.
The quantity of this primordial Chaos Qi was still terrifyingly immense. Even a Great Power at the peak of the Eighth Heaven would likely have broken through to the Ninth Heaven Realm. Yet Ye Chen was still in a state of absorption and elevation, which was somewhat inconceivable.
But Ye Chen was doing this intentionally. He was suppressing his power. His progress had been too rapid recently, which could easily lead to an unstable foundation—something he was unwilling to see.
Therefore, he was now suppressing his power to make his foundation solid and indestructible once more.
Soon, another day and night passed. At this moment, an extremely powerful aura suddenly erupted within the valley.
Boom—
The entire mountain range trembled violently. Even those powerful beings who had descended or were passing by from tens of thousands of li away could feel that erupting aura. It was as if a great menace from the previous era, slumbering since time immemorial, had awakened. That aura could dominate the world, causing many to tremble in fear.
This aura was probably enough to rival those old antiques from the royal clans.
However, this terrifying aura quickly dissipated, vanishing completely in less than a moment.
If not for the fact that many powerful beings had genuinely sensed that aura earlier, they probably wouldn't have believed it.
In the valley, Ye Chen awoke. With this elevation, his aura had grown significantly stronger, surpassing his previous state. His black hair flowed loosely, and his entire being carried a transcendent air.
Generally speaking, within each major realm, the Sixth Heaven and the Seventh Heaven formed a dividing line. Otherwise, the Seventh Heaven wouldn't be crowned with the title "Super"—there was a reason for it.
Once one stepped into the Seventh Heaven, the increase in strength would be significantly greater than breakthroughs in other Heavens.
The boost from the Fifth Heaven to the Sixth Heaven was not as substantial as the leap from the Sixth Heaven to the Seventh Heaven.
With this breakthrough, the chaotic mist within the entire mountain range had thinned considerably. At least seventy to eighty percent of the chaotic mist had been absorbed by Ye Chen.
Yet, such a vast amount of chaotic mist, transformed into power, only allowed Ye Chen to cross a single threshold—stepping into the Seventh Heaven, and only at the initial stage, not reaching the mid-stage. This showed just how many times more divine power Ye Chen required for advancement compared to other experts of the same level.
Ye Chen took a deep breath. The black hole above his head suddenly rotated, and the chaotic mist within the mountain range converged at an even more astonishing speed.
After half a day passed like this, all the chaotic mist had been completely absorbed by Ye Chen. His strength had slightly increased another notch, but he still hadn't reached the mid-stage level.
Nevertheless, being able to break through to become a Super Great Power already satisfied Ye Chen greatly. Now at the Seventh Heaven, he was significantly stronger than ordinary Ninth Heaven Great Powers. In a confrontation with an old antique, he could probably overpower them by a considerable margin.
Immediately after, Ye Chen looked towards the Primordial Immortal Cave. It contained vast Primordial Immortal Light, which was quite important for the evolution of his Chaos Small Universe. Naturally, Ye Chen wouldn't let it go.
He stood within the Primordial Immortal Cave, then fiery chaotic light erupted from his body surface as he stepped inside.
Crackle—
Within the Primordial Immortal Cave, terrifying streams of Primordial Immortal Light gushed forth. They held unimaginable benefits for the evolution of the world and heaven and earth. However, this Primordial Immortal Light also contained fearsome destructive power. Ordinary people absolutely must not come into contact with it lightly, or they would be harmed by this Primordial Immortal Light. Even Super Great Powers at the Seventh or Eighth Heavens were no exception.
Ye Chen naturally had no fear. He ventured deep inside, discovering that the Primordial Immortal Cave extended for a full hundred zhang. At the very depths, there was actually a two-zhang-wide immortal pool. It was entirely formed from condensed Primordial Immortal Light, gushing with extremely fiery radiance—countless strands, dazzling with myriad colors, brilliant immortal light, appearing extraordinarily magnificent and boundless.
Ye Chen sighed inwardly. So the gushing Primordial Immortal Light was only a small part. The vast majority of the Primordial Immortal Light was within this immortal pool. The Primordial power contained within was astonishingly abundant, delighting him even more.
And right beside the Primordial Immortal Pool, a tree had appeared. It was only one zhang tall, but this small tree had borne several crystalline fruits, each flowing with nine-colored light, gorgeous and mysterious.
"This is Primordial Immortal Fruit!"
Ye Chen exclaimed in amazement. This divine tree was rooted by the Primordial Immortal Pool, having grown by absorbing Primordial Immortal Light. The fruits it bore naturally contained rich Primordial power.
However, Ye Chen didn't pick them immediately. Instead, he entered the Primordial Immortal Pool.
Rumble—
Within the Primordial Immortal Pool, the Primordial Immortal Light instantly became many times more violent, surging upwards all at once, all attacking Ye Chen.
Rumble—
The fearsome Primordial Immortal Light contained extremely terrifying destructive power. Even facing it head-on like this, Ye Chen's skin crackled instantly, feeling as if it were splitting and flesh tearing.
Immediately, fiery chaotic light flowed over his body surface, resisting the Primordial Immortal Light, making his skin chaos-indestructible.
At the same time, numerous terrifying black holes manifested, wantonly devouring vast amounts of Primordial Immortal Light.
If others saw this, they would surely say Ye Chen had gone mad, that this was a manifestation of seeking death. But Ye Chen wasn't absorbing this Primordial Immortal Light for cultivation. Instead, he continuously channeled it into his body, sending it into his Chaos Small Universe.
At the very center of the Chaos Small Universe, the World Tree was rooted there, having opened up an immortal pool. Vast amounts of Primordial Immortal Light continuously poured in from the outside world, filling this immortal pool.
Simultaneously, the eight origin avatars operated, and the World Tree swayed. After receiving this Primordial Immortal Light, the entire Chaos Small Universe began to evolve more rapidly.
Visible to the naked eye, more tiny points of light appeared within the Chaos Small Universe. They seemed minuscule, yet they shimmered with special starlight power—they were stars.
Only, they were still extremely tiny for now.
These stars, finer than grains of sand, needed endless power to fill them to truly grow into the massive stars of the universe. They were far from reaching that stage now. But even so, the Chaos Small Universe was evolving rapidly.
Moreover, over the years of continuous evolution, the entire Chaos Small Universe had only reached an area of eighteen zhang. After receiving the infusion of Primordial Immortal Light, its evolution accelerated, and it slowly grew larger, soon reaching an area of twenty zhang.
It seemed like a tiny increase, but evolving a Chaos Small Universe required immense power. Ye Chen felt heavy pressure. Unless he rooted himself in the Chaos Sea, borrowing the boundless primordial Chaos Qi within to evolve over endless eons, he might have a chance to grow to the vast, boundless scale of other Ancient Chaos Universes.
Yet, who knew how long that would take? Probably several epochal eras would be insufficient to evolve to that stage.
The continuous influx of Primordial Immortal Light aided the evolution of the Chaos Small Universe.
Moreover, the Primordial power contained within the Primordial Immortal Light possessed special qualities that the primordial Chaos Qi lacked. It could allow all aspects of the Chaos Small Universe to perfect themselves more rapidly, not merely expanding in size.
Three days later, all the Primordial Immortal Light from the two-zhang-wide Primordial Immortal Pool within the Primordial Immortal Cave had been absorbed by Ye Chen into his Chaos Small Universe. With a rumble, the Chaos Small Universe had expanded to an area of thirty zhang. Its interior had evolved to become even more vast, with more tiny stars appearing.
Moreover, the World Tree swayed unceasingly, continuously diffusing world power to stabilize the Chaos Small Universe.
The eight origin avatars maintained the balance of the eight origins—metal, wood, water, fire, earth, thunder, yin, and yang. Everything was developing in a positive direction.
The evolution of the Chaos Small Universe becoming larger also brought benefits to Ye Chen.
Generally speaking, upon cultivating to the Great Power realm, one could open their own inner world, mastering inner world power to greatly amplify their combat strength.
But Ye Chen had always relied on his holy body power in battle. The Chaos Small Universe hadn't contributed any power because it was too small and had long been in an unstable state. Even Ye Chen didn't dare use it lightly, fearing that once he mobilized the power of the Chaos Small Universe, the entire mini-universe would lose balance and completely collapse, rendering all previous efforts futile.
This was a scene Ye Chen absolutely did not wish to see.
However, now Ye Chen could mobilize some of the Chaos Small Universe's power. He attempted to draw out a portion of its power—not much, perhaps one-tenth or one-fifth at most.
Once the Chaos Small Universe's power appeared, Ye Chen casually opened an illusory world, combining with it. Its stability actually increased significantly, and it contained even more terrifying world power.
"As expected of a universe. Even if it's just a universe embryo, universe power is so extraordinary. If it can evolve to its ultimate extreme in the future, transforming into an Ancient Chaos Universe within the Chaos Sea, mastering the power of an entire Ancient Chaos Universe... who knows how terrifying that would be. Probably even an emperor or supreme immortal could be severely injured with a single punch."
He marveled like this but didn't dare claim absolute invincibility or speak of transcending to achieve eternity.
Because the strongest emperors or immortal kings were the most powerful. Throughout the ages, the many emperors or supreme immortals who had emerged were truly stunning figures across the eons. It wasn't certain that no one else had created an Ancient Chaos Universe.
All this proved that there was still a long road to walk to truly transcend to eternity.
Afterwards, Ye Chen also picked the Primordial divine tree rooted by the Primordial Immortal Pool. He didn't consume it but planted it in the central area of his Chaos Small Universe.
He remembered that the Goddess and Yaya both came from the Primordial Holy Land, related to the Primordial, and cultivated the forbidden divine ability Primordial Divine Guidance. This Primordial divine tree might be of great use to them.
At the same time, outside, a group of people traversed the sky, descending upon this mountain range.