"Yue, we'll stay behind to accompany you too!"
A Beinu and Yu Qing insisted on following, while the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor, Shan Ji, and the other Seven Supreme Geniuses under his command also wished to go, as did the five Divine Kings who had submitted. They all understood that when it came to truly contending for these Imperial Dao Inheritances, it wasn't their turn.
Staying by Ye Chen's side and finding the Immortal Pond might be better.
"Agreed!"
Ye Chen did not refuse. He still sensed that the heaven-defying Immortal Pond within the Heaven-Fall Mausoleum was located among the five Sovereign's Tombs. That aura was special and could not be erased.
"Guard me while I perform divination!"
Ye Chen sat cross-legged in the void. In an instant, the brightness within the Mud Pill Palace at his glabella increased a thousandfold, with vast amounts of Faith Power boiling.
It was a portion of Faith Power brought from the Battle Saint Hall, now burning to multiply the speed of his thoughts, his mind becoming spiritually attuned to divine the precise location of the Immortal Pond.
It wasn't that he was unwilling to have the Great Emperor reincarnation body perform the divination, but that body was outside the Heaven-Fall Mausoleum. The mausoleum had buried too many Supreme Powerhouses, with countless Dao marks erasing all traces, making it difficult to divine from the outside.
At this moment, whether it was the God-Slaying Legion, the Ao Imperial Clan, or multiple Supreme Powers like the human race, imperial clans, and Immortal Clans, all had arrived at the divine mountain land of the Ao Sovereign's Tomb, erupting into intense, sky-rending battles to seize the Imperial Dao Inheritance.
Faintly visible were numerous Emperor Sons and Daughters, Immortal Dao descendants, the strongest young Supreme Ones, and Divine Kings fighting together, incredibly fierce, tearing apart heaven and earth, pulling down countless stars from the sky to form a world-ending calamity.
Fortunately, the Sovereign's Tomb continent was not inhabited by countless beings of myriad races like the Heavenly Emperor Realm, otherwise it would truly be a terrifying catastrophe.
The same situation occurred on the five Sovereign's Tomb continents. To contend for the Imperial Dao Inheritances of the five Ancient Emperors, the various Supreme Powers had ignited continuous, fierce battles, with bloody light soaring to the heavens from time to time.
Here, so-called Great Powers, even ordinary Divine Kings, were completely insufficient. Only those who had reached the Four Tribulations Divine King level truly had the qualification to contend for the Imperial Dao Inheritance.
Bloody light constantly shot skyward, and strange phenomena appeared—signs representing the fall of Divine Kings. Ordinarily, this would shake heaven and earth, but now few paid attention, all focused on the struggle over the five Sovereign's Tombs, everyone fighting with reckless abandon.
Ye Chen paid no heed to the battles outside. Under the protection of the others, he continuously performed divination, searching for that Immortal Pond.
Soon, seven days and nights passed. The struggle over the five Sovereign's Tombs had not concluded; on the contrary, it grew increasingly fierce. Many star domains were shattered, stars withered, dim and lightless.
Even the five Sovereign's Tomb continents, though stable, could not hold, as those fighting were Supreme Powerhouses, countless Divine Kings, all beings capable of reaching the heavens.
After seven days and nights of fierce battle, the five stable and vast Sovereign's Tomb continents showed signs of fragmentation, heading towards collapse.
One could imagine how intense the battle was. Only the mountain tombs of the five Ancient Emperors remained eternally indestructible; a Divine King's strike could hardly cause much damage.
However, much blood was also spilled upon the Sovereign's Tombs, including that of the five Imperial Clans. The Sovereign's Tombs gradually opened one after another, piercing through them.
The Ancient Emperor inheritances also gradually emerged, making the already blood-soaked struggle even more white-hot. Each day, many powerhouses fell, casualties severe, not lacking Divine Kings and other Supreme Powerhouses—an extremely brutal struggle for Imperial Dao Inheritance.
Simultaneously, on this day, the brightness within Ye Chen's glabella slowly dimmed. However, his opened eyes were clear and bright, carrying a wise light that seemed to see through the mortal world. He looked towards the convergence point between the Ao Sovereign continent and another Ancient Emperor continent.
In that intersecting starry sky, infinite stars dotted the expanse.
Yet, amidst the myriad stars, he saw a point of brilliant starlight. At first, he thought it was a star, but in reality, it was an Immortal Pond floating in the void, its entire body erupting with billions of strands of immortal light, brighter than stars, and possessing the supreme aura of ten thousand Daos galloping, as if capable of tearing apart all heavens.
Because the distance was too great, and with the interference of the five Sovereign's Tombs, plus the Immortal Pond constantly drifting, no one had detected its existence, their minds also captivated by the Imperial Dao Inheritances of the five Ancient Emperors.
"The Immortal Pond is there!"
Ye Chen looked there and said to those beside him, "Follow me. The Immortal Pond is near another Sovereign's Tomb. We need to cross another stretch of starry sky. Perhaps the Imperial Dao laws of the other Sovereign's Tomb lands are different; we must be careful."
"Understood!"
He summoned the Chaos Great Cauldron and, with a whoosh, left the Ao Sovereign continent land, heading for the starry sky at the convergence of the two Sovereign's Tomb spacetimes.
"Look, the Battle Saint King is rushing towards the extreme edge of the horizon!"
"He seems to be chasing a star."
"No, not a star, but a divine pond, with billions of laws galloping, as if containing the most boundless aura of all heavens."
"Could that be a heaven-defying treasure that directly elevates one to the Ancient Sovereign realm?"
Originally, on the Ao Sovereign continent, quite a few imperial clans and Immortal Clans had participated in the battle, contending for the Imperial Dao Inheritance, fighting continuously for seven days and nights.
But after seven days and nights of fierce battle, whether it was the God-Slaying Legion, the Ao Imperial Clan, the human race, or the alliance formed by other imperial clans, Immortal Clans, and the Mythical Emperor Domain—becoming four major powers—none could gain the upper hand over the others.
In reality, the human race was stronger, possessing more Divine Kings, but the God-Slaying Legion and the Ao Imperial Clan both had Quasi-Sovereigns. Only the alliance was slightly weaker, as most imperial clans and Immortal Clans were on the other four Sovereign's Tomb continents; here there were only about twelve.
The various imperial clans and Immortal Clans felt their hope of seizing the Imperial Dao Inheritance was slim. The other three sides were too strong, especially the human race, which was not to be provoked. They prepared to seek other targets instead, but discovered the strange traces of the Battle Saint King's group.
Not participating in the struggle for Imperial Dao Inheritance, but chasing a star—it was far too strange.
Where there is abnormality, there must be something sinister. Finally, they also discovered that the 'star' was actually an Immortal Pond, erupting with infinite immortal splendor, as if seizing all the creation between heaven and earth.
One by one, their eyes revealed fervent light, because that Immortal Pond was extremely extraordinary, suspected to be the heaven-defying treasure that could directly elevate one to the Ancient Sovereign realm.
"Go, all of us, over there!"
"Right now, among the human race, only the Battle Saint King and the other two strongest young Supreme Ones have gone. It's a great opportunity!"
These Emperor Sons and Daughters, Immortal Dao descendants, suddenly abandoned the struggle for the Imperial Dao Inheritance and rushed towards the location of the Immortal Pond.
However, they could not compare to Ye Chen. The Chaos Great Cauldron could rival the former Void God Platform and, after Ye Chen's multiple sublimations, could perform long-distance spacetime traversals multiple times. Even under the suppression of Imperial Dao laws, it reached an extreme, rapidly charging towards the Immortal Pond.
Not long after, the group appeared above the Immortal Pond.