"Attack! Assist the Heavenly Emperor in breaking through the final step of the seal!"
From behind, the Five Ancient Emperors of the Chaos Burial Ground disregarded their injuries, erupting with their full power. They unleashed their respective Emperor-level forbidden divine abilities, bombarding the layers of Supreme One imprints.
Within the Chaos Burial Ground, other Ancient Emperors gradually manifested, disregarding everything to execute their most terrifying strikes. Even though the sealing formation suppressed the vast majority of their power, they continued to attack relentlessly.
Boom—
Half of the Primordial Heavenly Emperor's body had already emerged into the outside world, his oppressive might increasing countlessfold. His other foot slowly stepped out; in the next moment, he would completely stride forth, fully unsealed and emerging.
The world despaired. The Primordial Heavenly Emperor was about to emerge. Who could possibly stop this now?
But Ye Chen stared fixedly at the mysterious existence from the Blood-Stained Future. The moon mark between his brows trembled and hummed as he said solemnly, "No. The Primordial Heavenly Emperor cannot emerge."
"Correct. You cannot emerge."
The mysterious existence spoke. He approached the Primordial Heavenly Emperor once more, carrying an infinite imposing might that could crush space-time. Even without truly clashing, it still caused the Primordial Heavenly Emperor's expression to turn grave. "You cannot stop this Heavenly Emperor. You are ultimately not of this era. If you forcibly try to stop me, you will only perish."
"If I let you successfully emerge, I likely wouldn't appear in the future either," the mysterious existence chuckled, grinning with teeth that appeared brilliantly white.
"What do you mean!?"
The Primordial Heavenly Emperor was startled. Could it be that this person before him had a great connection to someone who obstructed the Chaos Burial Ground's emergence? Did he descend here due to some vague, fateful resonance?
But he had no time to ponder, for his other foot slowly broke free from the seal, pulling the other half of his body along.
"Reversing time and space indeed comes at a great cost. But as long as there is a connection, much of that cost can be transferred."
The mysterious existence spoke slowly. At this moment, the Pitch Black Burial Coffin flew over, positioning itself horizontally between him and the Primordial Heavenly Emperor.
This mysterious Pitch Black Burial Coffin now radiated boundless black light, carrying a sky-surpassing imposing might and the boundless Emperor laws of reversed time and space.
"Reverse Time, Shift Space, Alter the Years, Ten Thousand Epochs Turn to Void!"
At this moment, the mysterious existence roared. Boundless chaos light erupted from his body, carrying the most terrifying Supreme Emperor laws, flooding into the Pitch Black Burial Coffin. The coffin lid was instantly flung open.
A graceful figure shrouded in black mist appeared. Her true features were unclear, but one could tell she was slender and beautiful, a beauty not of this mortal world.
Vaguely, it seemed as if a Heaven-Piercing Tree that spanned the myriad heavens and realms also manifested, immense beyond measure, with stars faintly visible amidst its canopy.
The appearance of this Heaven-Piercing Tree actually took root upon the River of Time, spreading out vast and boundless temporal power. It reversed time and space, allowing the mysterious existence to enter. Instantly, he appeared much more substantial, no longer subjected to the endless forbidden heavenly thunderbolts.
It was as if the mysterious existence had truly descended from the future into this era, unaffected by causality!
Far away, unknown to everyone, at this moment the World Tree Burial Coffin within Ye Chen's body trembled and hummed, especially his heart. Gazing at that graceful figure submerged in black mist, he felt an inexplicable tremor in his heart.
He recognized who she was. Though he could see her, his heart was sorrowful, as if stabbed, bleeding profusely.
He would rather not have seen her appear, for being buried within the burial coffin also proved that she was not present in the Blood-Stained Future either.
Upon the River of Time, the Primordial Heavenly Emperor's expression changed drastically. "You actually truly came to this era, unimpeded by the barriers of time and space!"
Undoubtedly, this was astonishing. The mysterious existence from the future possessed peerless power, making even the Primordial Heavenly Emperor wary. He was likely also a strongest Emperor. Originally, he should have been blocked by the passage of time, unable to come, subjected to immense backlash from the ancient epochs and hindered by forbidden heavenly thunderbolts.
But at this moment, employing a forbidden heaven-defying method, he had actually truly descended into this era with his real body, no longer suffering the backlash of causality. This was undoubtedly astonishing and proved that his methods were truly unparalleled in the world.
Behind him, the Five Ancient Emperors of the Chaos Burial Ground all wore ugly expressions. They clearly sensed how peerlessly extraordinary the mysterious existence from the Blood-Stained Future was. That infinite oppressive might spread out without concealment, shaking the epochs of time and space, imposing immense pressure even upon Sovereigns like them. He was clearly a strongest existence standing in the same realm as the Primordial Heavenly Emperor.
That such a person had reversed time to return from the Blood-Stained Future was utterly terrifying.
The Primordial Heavenly Emperor looked gloomily at the graceful woman wreathed in boundless black mist. Understanding dawned upon him. He said gloomily, "I never expected her true form to be a World Tree, a World Tree like the Space-Time Emperor. No wonder she can pierce through past, present, and future."
He spoke the truth, startling everyone. What was buried within the Pitch Black Burial Coffin was actually a World Tree, and its former master seemed to have reached the Supreme One level.
"A World Tree? A World Tree like Yaya?" Yu Qing was also slightly startled. She looked at Ye Chen, only to find her husband, for some reason, shedding tears, filled with thick sorrow. Her heart immediately tightened. "Yue, why are you crying?"
Ye Chen shook his head, not speaking, only staring intently at that graceful figure submerged in black mist.
"But even if you truly manifest, you cannot do anything to this Heavenly Emperor. When this Heavenly Emperor decides to emerge, no one can stop him!"
With a great roar, the other half of the Primordial Heavenly Emperor's body erupted with infinite Emperor light. He broke through with all his might. The entire sealing formation shook violently. Many Supreme One imprints began to dim and lose their luster. The invincible, peerless Heavenly Emperor was ultimately about to emerge.
"I said, you cannot emerge!"
The chaos existence stood within the time and space distorted by the World Tree, truly manifested, his might overwhelming the heavens.
A slender sword appeared in his hand. It was very special, flowing with resplendent nine-colored radiance. It was actually a peerless Emperor sword forged from the fusion of the Chaos Nine Immortal Metals, also shrouded in hazy ancient chaos aura.
"One Sword Severs Ten Thousand Epochs!"
The mysterious existence roared, brandishing the peerless Emperor sword. Nine-colored brilliance shone dazzlingly, accompanied by chaos. With a single swing, the sword actually distorted time and space, pierced through the years, and slashed towards the breaking-through Primordial Heavenly Emperor.
Boom—
This was a peerless sword strike, surpassing all previous ones. It was even a great collision of forbidden Dao laws at the strongest Emperor level, far beyond imagination, something a Supreme One could not withstand.
In a daze, it seemed as if ten thousand ancient epochs were about to be severed by this single sword, cleaved apart, and thus decayed into nothingness!
Boom—
Infinite blood light soared into the sky, dyeing the entire River of Time crimson. It swept down countless stars. Billions of gods and demons roared, and infinite strange phenomena manifested.
"Ah—"
That was the Primordial Heavenly Emperor's unwilling roar of rage, shaking past, present, and future. But he was severely wounded. His supreme, indestructible Heavenly Emperor body was almost cleaved in two, blood light overwhelming the heavens.
Even more astonishingly, the Primordial Heavenly Emperor, who had been just one step away from completely breaking the seal, was now sent tumbling back into the fissure, even falling behind the Five Ancient Emperors. Vast amounts of Heavenly Emperor blood spilled, a shocking sight that gave birth to infinite strange phenomena.
"Heavenly Emperor!"
The Five Ancient Emperors of the Chaos Burial Ground all changed color. The invincible Heavenly Emperor, revered for ten thousand epochs, had actually been severely wounded. How terrifying was the mysterious existence from the Blood-Stained Future!
Boom—
Almost simultaneously, from the highest point of the heavens, from an unknown place, descended countless, infinite forbidden thunderbolts, even more terrifying than before. Figures of Emperors and supreme Immortals descended one after another, carrying infinite killing intent, charging towards the location of the mysterious existence.
The people of the world all changed color. Even though the mysterious existence from the Blood-Stained Future had successfully returned to this era through some great method, it was only a brief stay. Moreover, the technique he employed was too powerful, too heaven-defying, exceeding the limits. He still suffered the backlash of the ancient epochs.
The mysterious existence employed a great method, drawing all the forbidden heavenly thunderbolts towards himself, taking them all upon his body, preventing them from harming the graceful woman by his side.
He was truly powerful. He charged up, confronting the various forbidden heavenly thunderbolts. It didn't take long before he resolved them all.
Only his figure staggered slightly. He was stained with blood, and blood overflowed even more from the corner of his mouth, carrying a hazy chaos light that also seemed to carry the power of the myriad Daos of the heavens.
Whether it was Formless Monarch, Golden Crow Great Emperor, or others, including the Ancient Emperors of the Chaos Burial Ground, all were amazed. The newcomer was truly supremely powerful. To withstand such forbidden backlash and only suffer minor injuries—they could never have done it so easily.
Perhaps this was the strength of a strongest Emperor.
This person's strength could perhaps be called a Heavenly Emperor!
"Ah—, damnable future being!"
From within the fissure, the Primordial Heavenly Emperor roared, his voice shaking past and present, but there was also a sense of powerlessness, for it was difficult to cross this fissure now.
Not only because of the Heavenly Emperor-like existence from the Blood-Stained Future who seemed to be a strongest Emperor, but also because the sealing formation was gradually healing. He could no longer cross over. The plan to break the seal, schemed for ten thousand epochs, had ultimately failed.
His wounded body repaired itself, healing in an instant, reassembling the indestructible Heavenly Emperor body. But everyone knew that after suffering that peerless sword strike that severed epochs, even someone as powerful as the Primordial Heavenly Emperor could not fully recover like this. It would require many years of recuperation to completely heal his wounds.
The Primordial Heavenly Emperor looked gloomily at the mysterious existence and said solemnly, "This time, you obstructed the emergence of my Chaos Burial Ground. But you should understand that in the Blood-Stained Future, everything is inevitable. My Chaos Burial Ground will ultimately emerge; it is merely delayed for some years. Today's cause, tomorrow's effect. Because of today's events, in the Blood-Stained Future, you and my Chaos Burial Ground will also become mortal enemies. Even if you are a Heavenly Emperor-like figure, you will not escape calamity!"
Undoubtedly, this was serious. The Chaos Burial Ground held a grudge, and no matter what, it could not be sealed forever. It would ultimately emerge in that Blood-Stained Future. At that step, the Chaos Burial Ground would seek out the Heavenly Emperor-like existence who obstructed them now.
The mysterious existence smiled faintly, unconcerned. "It matters not. In the Blood-Stained Future, there will naturally be someone to deal with your Chaos Burial Ground!"
"Hmph!"
The Primordial Heavenly Emperor snorted coldly. He made a move, sweeping out a ray of light that gathered all the living beings of the Chaos Burial Ground's army from the outside world, directly drawing them into the fissure.
By the time the various heaven's powerhouses snapped out of their shock and regretted, it was too late. Among them were imperial princes and princesses, even peerless Divine King-level supreme talents with limitless potential, all with great hope of attaining the Dao and becoming Sovereigns in the future.
Now, letting the tiger return to the mountain was absolutely a tremendous future calamity.
The mysterious existence did not prevent all this, perhaps not deeming it worthy of his attention, possessing a transcendent air.
"Battle Saint King, in the Blood-Stained Future, my Chaos Burial Ground will completely emerge. At that time, I will come to slay you!"
The Heavenly Emperor's personal disciple, Dao Youque, spoke. He gazed distantly at Ye Chen, filled with intense fighting spirit.
He was already a Seven Tribulation Divine King, even stronger. He had only been defeated while weakened after contending with the Myriad Daos Divine King Tribulation. He did not admit to being defeated in a direct confrontation. In a future battle, he firmly believed he would surge against the current and defeat this great enemy.
Ye Chen said indifferently, "In a future battle, I will still slay you!"
The mysterious existence looked at the Golden Crow Great Emperor and gave a slight nod.
The Golden Crow Great Emperor understood. He connected with the nine supreme suns in the sky, activating the sealing formation, gradually healing the fissure. They saw the Primordial Heavenly Emperor and the Five Ancient Emperors within the fissure return to the Chaos Burial Ground.
Thus, the great calamity of the Chaos Burial Ground came to an end!
The River of Time still boiled, not disappearing immediately. But the graceful figure had already returned to the Pitch Black Burial Coffin. However, she did not leave. Instead, she drifted upon the River of Time, as if embarking on an ethereal journey.
The numerous rotting gods and demons followed by her side, including the eight strongest rotting beings. But they were not corroded by the River of Time, for the Pitch Black Burial Coffin emitted a circle of hazy radiance that enveloped these rotting gods and demons. They gradually drifted farther away.
The mysterious existence from the Blood-Stained Future did not leave immediately. But the River of Time surged tumultuously, carrying boundless temporal power, pushing him to gradually depart downstream towards the future direction.
Everyone watched him: the Golden Crow Great Emperor, Formless Monarch, Worldless Monarch Emperor, and others.
Ye Chen also watched him, sighing inwardly. Was it his future, supremely supreme and peerless self, flowing upstream against the current to save him again?
But when he looked again, Ye Chen discovered that the chaos mist on the mysterious existence's face gradually dissipated. Finally, it revealed a handsome, elegant face strikingly similar to his own, yet more majestic.
Ye Chen felt little fluctuation, having long guessed the outcome.
But he was surprised to discover that the others seemed not to have seen this scene. They showed no expression of surprise, not at all astonished that the mysterious existence was Ye Chen. They remained as before, puzzling him.
"Only you can see my true face!"
An ethereal voice fell within his heart, making Ye Chen comprehend.
But soon, Ye Chen discovered that his future supremely supreme and peerless self actually did not have that familiar moon mark on his brow. Moreover, there seemed to be subtle differences.
"Farewell—"
The figure of the mysterious existence gradually drifted farther away on the River of Time. He ultimately could not remain eternally in this era. He would eventually have to return to that Blood-Stained Future.
Ye Chen nodded, saying softly, "Farewell!"
The mysterious existence revealed a faint smile towards him, making Ye Chen's heart tremble. It was filled with such sorrow, yet also such joy, carrying an indescribable complexity. His lips moved slightly, uttering no sound. Then, he vanished downstream on the River of Time, gone.
Yet Ye Chen's entire body shuddered, filled with immense shock. For he clearly saw the mysterious existence silently speak one last sentence—
"Father!"