He then also learned from Ye Chen that one-seventh of the Emperor Dao source within the Great Emperor's reincarnation body was obtained from the alien race's Qing Gu Great Emperor. He also learned that Pill Emperor Xian Jiu Ding had sacrificed Qing Gu Great Emperor, and then heard that Tai Sheng Huang had used nearly the same method to sacrifice Di Yuan, sending it into the place that buries immortals, buries emperors, buries everything, as if wanting to open the Origin Ancient Path and completely pierce through the Origin Land.
Wushi Monarch said: "Senior Tai Sheng Huang and Senior Pill Emperor are among the strongest emperors throughout the ages in the Chaos Sea, shaking the past and present. Their methods naturally surpass those of ordinary emperors or Supreme Immortals. If they sacrifice an emperor-level existence, there truly is a certain chance to genuinely open the Origin Ancient Path and pierce through the Origin Land."
"However, although that is the case, there is also a certain degree of difficulty."
In the end, Wushi Monarch actually refuted this, which somewhat surprised Ye Chen, who hurriedly inquired.
The Origin Ancient Path was related to the Origin Land, and even more so to transcending Eternity. It was the ultimate step that all emperors and Supreme Immortals throughout the ages wished to truly take.
Even the great destruction of the Sealed Realm Universe was directly related to the pursuit of Eternity.
Wushi Monarch did not answer but instead asked: "Do you know what place this is?"
"The Origin Ancient Path!" Ye Chen said.
"Correct, it is the Origin Ancient Path!" Wushi Monarch said. "But to be more precise, it is an Origin Ancient Path abandoned by heaven and forsaken by the world."
Abandoned by heaven, forsaken by the world?
Ye Chen did not quite understand this statement.
"This Origin Ancient Path was also once opened jointly by numerous emperors and Supreme Immortals of the Chaos Sea, its purpose naturally being to lead to the most mysterious Origin Land," Wushi Monarch slowly spoke, offering an explanation. "It's just a pity that this Origin Ancient Path is also the one abandoned by all emperors and Supreme Immortals. Its true purpose was that it could not effectively pierce through the Origin Land. On the contrary, it pierced through a most fearsome place."
"What place?"
Ye Chen was shocked. What place could be so terrifying that it forced all the emperors and Supreme Immortals to abandon this Origin Ancient Path?
Wushi Monarch said: "The Chaos Burial Ground that once buried an entire Era Epoch!"
"Chaos Burial Ground?" Ye Chen was startled. Just hearing the name, he knew it must be an indescribably fearsome, most terrifying place. A place capable of burying an entire Era Epoch could not be simple.
"Yes, precisely the Chaos Burial Ground."
Wushi Monarch sighed lightly, a trace of reminiscence in his gaze as he slowly said: "Back then, the number of emperors and Supreme Immortals who opened this Origin Ancient Path exceeded the count of two hands. But because of this Chaos Burial Ground, more than half of them fell. Tell me, is that not fearsome?"
Ye Chen drew a sharp breath of cold air. Emperors and Supreme Immortals were beings who stood at the very peak of the Chaos Sea, nearly impossible to kill, possessing endless lifespans of immortality. Even for an emperor or Supreme Immortal to kill a being of the same level required an immense price.
Now, a mysterious Chaos Burial Ground had actually caused the fall of more than a handful of emperors and Supreme Immortals. How terrifying and dreadful that must be. Ye Chen found it somewhat hard to believe.
"Do you find it shocking, hard to believe?" Wushi Monarch smiled, then the corner of his mouth also lifted in a bitter smile. "I was the same back then, unable to believe it. Yet the fact is exactly so. The great terror contained within that Chaos Burial Ground far exceeds your imagination. Once opened, it would be considered a dreadful disaster for the numerous ancient universes of the entire Chaos Sea."
"Otherwise, it would not be called the Chaos Burial Ground that once buried an Era Epoch. To be more precise, it could also be called a tomb—an Epoch Tomb."
"Ancestor Wushi, where is the Chaos Burial Ground now?" Ye Chen asked.
"Back then, precisely because of the Chaos Burial Ground, those emperors and Supreme Immortals who jointly opened the Origin Ancient Path worked together to set up seals to resist the great terror from within the Chaos Burial Ground. In the end, that was how more than a handful of emperors and Supreme Immortals fell." Mentioning this past event, even a peerless monarch like Wushi Monarch sighed with emotion, because that battle back then was too tragic, truly earth-shattering and resonating through the ages, enough to be recorded in the annals of the Chaos Sea.
More than five emperors and Supreme Immortals—supreme beings of the Chaos Sea—could not escape calamity and fell there.
Naturally, according to the ancient texts left behind, after that shocking battle, the Chaos Burial Ground also suffered extremely severe damage. Similarly, no fewer than two or three existences comparable to the emperor level were buried between heaven and earth. After all, no emperor or Supreme Immortal could ever be underestimated.
"Now, the Chaos Burial Ground is sealed on the other side of the Heavenly Pass."
Wushi Monarch pointed far away in the direction opposite to the Immortal Heavenly Pass. In the distance, a hazy, enormous black shadow could be faintly seen between heaven and earth—it was precisely the Tenth Immortal Heavenly Pass.
A single stretch of the Origin Ancient Path actually had ten Immortal Heavenly Passes erected along it.
This gave Ye Chen a familiar feeling, very similar to the ancient path he had once opened behind the Purple Mansion Holy Land, though compared to this, that was like a minor talent meeting a great master—utterly insignificant.
"These Heavenly Passes are somewhat different from the Immortal Heavenly Passes you've seen before. Heaven has nine passes, each pass different—this generally refers to the true Heavenly Passes, built by more than just one emperor or Supreme Immortal. As for the ten Immortal Heavenly Passes of the Origin Ancient Path, these were each built by the ten emperors and Supreme Immortals who participated in opening the ancient path back then. They are somewhat inferior, but still extremely stable," Wushi Monarch explained. "And my imperial clan, the Qin family, is the Guardian Clan that guards the emperor realm between the Ninth and Tenth Heavenly Passes, defending the final line of defense."
He smiled, his words relatively calm, but Ye Chen distinctly felt a pressure many times heavier than the starry sky pressing down on the shoulders of this peerlessly majestic monarch.
Beyond the Tenth Heavenly Pass lay the Chaos Burial Ground that had caused the fall of five emperors and Supreme Immortals. Although it had been sealed all this time, once opened, it would be an immeasurably great disaster for the entire Guardian Clan of Wushi Monarch stationed here.
During their conversation, Ye Chen also came to understand one point: guarding within this Immortal Heavenly Pass was an ancient imperial clan called the Qin family, and it was the same clan as the Qin family, descendants of Wuxiang Monarch, from the Sealed Realm Universe.
But truly speaking, the Qin family could absolutely be called an imperial clan, because this clan had not only produced a Wuxiang Monarch who, though not an emperor, could fight on par with one, but its true founding ancestor was an invincible emperor, hailed as the First Emperor of a Thousand Ages—Qin Shi Huang!