"Supreme Sovereign, where have you gone?"
Within the majestic Imperial Hall, only the anxious voices of the Ten Domain Lords remained.
Similarly, the mysterious disappearance of the Heavenly Emperor from the Imperial Hall, for reasons unknown, spread to the Ten Great Domains, causing an unparalleled uproar.
The Heavenly Emperor had vanished, faith was gone, and the already unstable Heavenly Emperor Hall became even more precarious. Countless places successively toppled their temples.
In the past, although there were countless factions within the Ten Great Domains of the Heavenly Emperor Realm, they were all under absolute rule due to the existence of the Heavenly Emperor Hall, with only one unified faith.
Now, with the Heavenly Emperor gone, countless factions across the major domains seemed to rise in rebellion, overthrowing the former Heavenly Emperor dynasty and establishing their own rule.
Previously, many had felt the extraordinary nature of Faith Power. Among them were many original Divine King powerhouses of the Heavenly Emperor Hall who enjoyed a portion of this Faith Power, using it to enhance their cultivation and achieve continuous growth, knowing it was an unparalleled treasure for cultivation.
Originally, awed by the Heavenly Emperor's peerless invincibility, they remained loyal under absolute power. But with the Heavenly Emperor gone, vanished, and faith long since overthrown, weakened to an extreme point, many super-powerful beings emerged one after another, beginning conquests, carving out vast territories, making the world believe in themselves, and collecting extraordinary Faith Power.
The Great Era fell into a state of upheaval. The Faith Power of the Heavenly Emperor Hall was nearly completely depleted. The faith light in the various temples was extremely dim, and the divine statues were successively shattered by many powerhouses. Among them, powerhouses from Imperial Clans, Immortal Clans, and Mythical Emperor Domain forces even jumped out from the shadows, directly intervening, adding fuel to the fire and further intensifying the turmoil.
Soon, the Ten Great Domains of the Heavenly Emperor Realm plunged into unprecedented great chaos.
The Ten Domain Lords of the Heavenly Emperor Hall all manifested overwhelming dharma forms, their heavenly might supreme, intimidating the world. With forceful methods, they suppressed and slew batch after batch of powerhouses who stirred up chaos, using this to awe the world and re-establish the Heavenly Emperor's faith.
In fact, at this point, it was no longer just for the Heavenly Emperor, but also for themselves.
Because the reason they were so powerful, standing in the Monarch Domain, was partly due to their own sufficient strength, but more so because of the blessing of Faith Power, granting them immortal Divine Halos and peerless might.
But now, the Faith Power had dimmed to its utmost extreme, greatly diminishing their strength, leaving them unprecedentedly weak.
Boom—
On this day, a great battle erupted in the outer realms. Someone ascended to the Heavenly Emperor Hall, challenging the Lord of the Eighth Domain.
This battle was fierce, unprecedented. In the outer realms, many stars were reduced to ashes in the great battle, directly turning to dust, with many more falling to the earth, destroying vast mountains and rivers.
The world was shocked. Even though the Heavenly Emperor's faith was gone, the Ten Domain Lords were still supreme, standing in the Monarch Domain, peerless and invincible. Only those standing in the same realm could face such Ancient Monarchs.
Could there still be hidden Ancient Monarchs within the Ten Great Domains of the Heavenly Emperor Realm? Otherwise, how could they face a Domain Lord?
In the end, the battle concluded, but the result surprised the world. The defeated party was actually the Domain Lord, causing a great upheaval in the era.
The challenger descended from the heavens, a peerless powerhouse from an Immortal Clan outside the realm. Immortal light and divine halos surrounded his entire body, as if a supreme immortal had descended to the mortal world. His voice was grand and unparalleled, spreading throughout the world: "What Ancient Monarchs? They are merely pseudo-monarchs, barely stepping into that realm by relying on vast Faith Power. Now, without Faith Power, they have returned to their proper realms."
The entire world was in an uproar!
The Ten Domain Lords were not true Ancient Monarchs. Although very powerful, they had mainly relied on the assistance of endless Faith Power to allow their other foot to step into the Monarch Domain.
Now that the Faith Power had dimmed, suffering immense losses, their cultivation had returned to its original state, thus being forcefully defeated by external enemies.
This shocked people's hearts, but at the same time, it encouraged the world. Countless powerhouses began establishing their own sects, making the world believe in them one after another. No one knew how many temples collapsed, divine statues crumbled, and vast amounts of Faith Power vanished.
Even the human race, previously hunted by the Heavenly Emperor Hall, truly began to emerge. Because the Ten Domain Lords no longer possessed the combat power of Ancient Monarchs. Although they still possessed peak Divine King strength, they could no longer threaten them as they had in the past.
More importantly, the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body had emerged. He was truly invincible in the world, appearing in the Fifth Domain, ascending to the Heavenly Emperor Hall, shattering the Heavenly Emperor Hall of this domain, and even taking action against the Fifth Domain Lord.
The Fifth Domain Lord was peerlessly powerful, at the very peak of Divine King, even worthy of being called a quasi-monarch, having already set one foot within. In the past, he had relied on vast Faith Power to step into it for many years, possessing rich experience in this domain. In the vast world, few could match him; he was a veritable supreme Divine King.
But now, the vast Faith Power was continuously being depleted, extremely dim. The monarch's Divine Halo he once possessed was gone, faintly revealing a relatively aged body, reverting to his true form—an ancient Divine King.
Even so, he was still extremely powerful. Unfortunately, facing the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body was simply impossible.
The original Great Emperor Reincarnation Body was stronger than an ordinary monarch. Now, having refined the Extinction Emperor Realm, with both enhancements, he was even more incomparably powerful.
With a single slap descending, the heavens collapsed, endless stars crumbled, an entire star domain turned to void. The Fifth Domain Lord was thus reduced to ashes, his blood staining the outer realms, causing a massive shock.
The Great Emperor Reincarnation Body was truly invincible in the world.
However, Ye Chen frowned. Although the world's faith in the Heavenly Emperor was now gone, weakened to an extremely dim point, it had ultimately ruled for an entire epoch era—countless tens of thousands of years—accumulating unimaginably vast Faith Power.
Even if the Ten Domain Lords had suffered some expenditure, it shouldn't have been depleted to this extent.
After this battle, the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body, skilled and bold, adjusted himself to his utmost limit, even preparing to burn his Emperor Dao origin. He believed he could handle even a true Ancient Great Emperor to some extent, and proceeded to the Heavenly Emperor Palace located at the highest point of the Heavenly Emperor Hall.
The actions of the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body also drew the world's attention. The world also wanted to know whether the supreme Heavenly Emperor had truly vanished and was no longer present.
The Heavenly Emperor Palace was majestic and grand, far beyond imagination, a true dao field of an Ancient Emperor Great Emperor. The other nine Domain Lords were all inside, facing a great enemy.
But Ye Chen's Great Emperor Reincarnation Body paid them no heed, directly entering the most majestic Imperial Hall, discovering that the Heavenly Emperor was truly absent, the imperial throne empty.
Searching the entire Heavenly Emperor Palace, he still found not a single trace of Faith Power's existence, making his expression grave.
At this time, the other nine Domain Lords ascended to the Heavenly Emperor Palace, firstly to avenge the Fifth Domain Lord, and secondly because the Heavenly Emperor was supreme; even if absent, his palace could not be desecrated.
Similarly, to understand the truth, the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body directly sought out the nine Domain Lords. Without a word, he began to take action.