With a clamorous surge, all the human powerhouses rushed forward, swarming around the four alien Divine Kings.
And the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor shouted loudly, "Everyone, strike quickly! Kill these alien pests! Their beautiful wives will be ours in the future!"
If he hadn't said that, it might have been fine. But once he did, everyone else had three black lines appear on their foreheads. Still, they cooperated perfectly, unleashing a barrage of divine abilities and laws without a word of explanation.
The alien Divine Kings: "@#￥%……&*"
In their hearts, it felt like ten thousand grass-mud horses were stampeding past. There was no describing how wretched they felt.
Boom! Boom! Boom!—
Facing the encircling attacks from the human powerhouses, the alien Divine Kings couldn't resist at all. They fled in disarray, as wretched as could be.
They probably had never encountered such a vexing situation in their entire lives.
The humans pressed their advantage, striking while the enemy was down—this was their consistent approach.
Boom!—
A wave of Divine King laws blasted over. Several alien Divine Kings were sent flying, and one even had his battle armor shattered.
The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor howled, "The alien race really is shameless! Someone's even running around naked, a complete exhibitionist! He should be captured."
Behind him, a group of Supreme Talents at the Great Power realm also charged forward, displaying a fearless attitude.
Below, many Divine Kings from the imperial clans and Immortal Clans couldn't bear to watch. This wasn't a proper Divine King battle; it was a chaotic brawl, utterly "unseemly." Even Divine Kings were participating, losing all their majesty.
They couldn't stand it any longer and simply turned to leave, flying far away.
The four alien Divine Kings had arrived with imposing momentum but left in utter disarray, not a shred of Divine King majesty remaining.
However, Ye Chen and the others didn't truly pursue and kill the four alien Divine Kings. Although they had sufficient foundation and strength, the right opportunity hadn't yet arrived.
For now, a limited pursuit was enough. Killing the four would be tantamount to fully igniting racial conflict. Even the other imperial clan and Immortal Clan Divine Kings wouldn't stand by and watch. They might even deliberately suppress the human race, depleting their strength and greatly reducing their chances of competing for the "Supreme One" immortal fate in the future.
The events of this day naturally spread far and wide. The human race had displayed a rare show of strength, forcing even alien Divine Kings to flee in disarray. The other imperial clan and Immortal Clan Divine Kings who had come to make demands returned empty-handed.
Moreover, the words of the Battle Saint King left the world speechless.
The human race wasn't just one imperial clan; with the Bright Emperor Domain, they had a full ten imperial clan-level forces—not enough to distribute among them all.
Furthermore, the three Monarch Temples had been earned by the human race through their own hard-fought efforts. Their value was no less than that of monarch immortal weapons. Giving them away for free was simply impossible.
Although many imperial clans and Immortal Clans were unwilling to give up this opportunity, and the alien race wanted to clamor and teach the human race a lesson...
Not long after, another piece of news concerning the human race spread across the world, causing a huge uproar.
The human race had formed an alliance with the Xialuo Empire.
The Xialuo Monarch personally announced that the human race was now a formal ally of the Xialuo Empire. Anyone who wanted to move against the human race would be making an enemy of the Xialuo Empire.
The monarch's projection illuminated the All Heavens. Now fully recovered, the Xialuo Monarch's heavenly might swept majestically through the Mythical Emperor Domain. The blood-stained heavenly stele and the monarch's heavenly sword served as a warning to the world, making all the major imperial clans and Immortal Clans wary.
They no longer dared to press the human race too aggressively.
With an Ancient Monarch standing behind them—and an Ancient Monarch from an absolutely opposing faction at that—if they truly angered him, the monarch might directly attack. Possessing infinite faith power, even the Forty-Nine Divine Kings' Myriad Heavens Formation might not necessarily be able to handle him.
Forces that hadn't obtained Monarch Temples formed alliances with those that had, making numerous promises to jointly compete for the ancient Great Emperor's inheritance.
Those who possessed Monarch Temples reached a consensus: one month later, they would gather the ten Monarch Temples and jointly open the Ancient Emperor Temple.
One month passed quickly. The ten individuals possessing Monarch Temples appeared in a prosperous region at the center of the Ten Great Empires, teeming with various schools and teachings. Among them were Ye Chen, Yuan Yang Divine King, and Tongtian Old Divine King, representing the human race. They had obtained three Monarch Temples, earning the envy and jealousy of many.
However, behind them stood all the human powerhouses.
The possessors of the other seven Monarch Temples also appeared. However, the Mojie Monarch did not come. Instead, it was a Divine King from that empire—precisely the Divine King guarding the border region. Seeing Ye Chen and the others, he was slightly taken aback, not expecting it to be them, and gave a somewhat bitter smile.
This time, monarchs were not permitted to participate. Otherwise, the other Monarch Temple possessors would be unwilling to gather, let alone open the Ancient Emperor Temple. This was why the Mojie Monarch did not descend here.
Because everyone knew that once an Ancient Monarch made a move, the hopes of others competing for the ancient Great Emperor's inheritance would diminish many times over.
The ten Monarch Temples soared into the sky, slowly converging high above, merging together until they formed a ring-like circle, resembling a circular formation of ten heavenly halos.
Each Monarch Temple shot forth a beam of light, vast and soaring, vanishing into the vast heavens above.
Rumble!—
High in the vast heavens, a temple of unimaginable grandeur could faintly be seen slowly descending. It carried with it the phantom of an even more expansive world, as if descending from a higher realm. An unparalleled aura also blossomed forth.
The Ancient Emperor Temple!
A temple of an ancient Great Emperor had appeared! Because the ten Monarch Temples had gathered, it had fully descended, bringing with it a vast and magnificent world.
Countless powerhouses looked up at that boundless, ancient world, their hearts leaping.
Because within that boundless, ancient world, there were countless towering mountains and great peaks, each rising abruptly from the ground, often reaching heights of over ten thousand zhang, piercing the clouds, majestic enough to shake the All Heavens, a breathtaking sight.
Yet, the boundless earth seemed to have experienced the most fearsome of wars. Countless massive chasms crisscrossed the land; as far as the eye could see, there were terrifying fissures, as if the entire infinite earth had completely shattered.
Upon it were also innumerable craters—signs left by massive meteorites crashing onto the earth. Countless towns were destroyed, divine cities shattered, divine islands fallen from the sky. The heavens were deathly still, revealing a vast expanse spanning billions of li.
One could imagine what kind of terrifying destruction this boundless, ancient world had suffered in the past. Billions of living beings were wiped out. Ye Chen even seemed to glimpse the horrific scenes the Eight Desolates Ancient Universe had once endured.
A great Universe had disintegrated and shattered.
The heavens were vast, the earth boundless. Although everyone's hearts trembled, this was a prime opportunity to compete for the ancient Great Emperor's inheritance. No one missed it; they all rushed into the Monarch Temples one by one.
Only by relying on the Monarch Temples could one truly enter the Ancient Emperor Temple and step into that boundless, ancient world.