The reopening of heaven and earth within the Chaos Saint Realm, continuously expanding its vast territories, sent massive tremors through the world's Ten Great Domains, shaking the hearts of billions of living beings.
The world had become even more immense and vast, and five expansive great domains had appeared, each no smaller than any one of the original Ten Great Domains.
It was precisely this that caused such a stir among the people.
What kind of heaven-defying capability could achieve such a feat?
The world speculated that it was the work of the four: Formless Sovereign, Golden Crow Great Emperor, Worldless Emperor, and the Saint Sovereign Dominator. In fact, on that day, some had witnessed two towering, majestic figures standing tall across the thirty-three layers of heaven, peerless and incomparable, making even the myriad stars of the heavens appear incredibly tiny in comparison.
However, no one had seen the true faces of these two figures.
Finally, the world witnessed the appearance of another equally peerless and majestic figure, his entire body flowing with primordial Chaos Qi. He seemed to be taking action, pushing boundless primordial Chaos Qi towards the edges of the Chaos Saint Realm.
Then, the entire Chaos Saint Realm began to rumble and tremble. The great world started to become even more expansive, giving rise to five brand-new, vast great domains.
The whole world was shaken!
It turned out to be the doing of the Battle Saint King, the master of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion.
Although many did not believe it—for while the Battle Saint King was powerful, he was merely at the Divine King realm—how could he possibly have forcibly opened up five super-great domains within the entire Chaos Saint Realm?
Such means were truly heaven-defying and earth-shattering. Even the ancient Sovereigns of the past, like the former Ten Great Domain Lords, seemed incapable of such a feat.
Perhaps only a supreme dominator of old like the Saint Sovereign Dominator could barely manage such a thing.
Yet, if one were to ask who in the world understood primordial Chaos Qi best, it was none other than the Battle Saint King, the Chaos Divine King. Who else but him could achieve this?
Naturally, only Ye Chen truly understood that all of this was merely a means employed by the Formless Sovereign and the Golden Crow Great Emperor to ensure that Ye Chen, as the master of the entire Chaos Heavenly Mansion, could gain even more faith and conviction from the people of the world.
No matter how powerful Ye Chen was, he naturally could not achieve this on his own.
Although within the Ten Great Domains, countless people did not believe it was the Battle Saint King's doing, for more than ninety-nine percent of the population, they were at most ordinary Cultivators, with a vast sea of mortals among them.
They could not comprehend the difference between a Divine King and a Dominator. They only knew that the Battle Saint King, master of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, was indeed supremely powerful and invincible, sweeping through the heavens without match. Even the lofty Divine King figures of the former Ten Great Domains dared not accept his challenge, which spoke volumes.
Moreover, he was the successor after the Saint Sovereign Dominator abdicated, the dominator of the entire Chaos Saint Realm.
Therefore, they all believed it was the Battle Saint King, master of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, who had opened up the five great domains.
Originally, although the people of the world dared not openly say much about the Battle Saint King replacing the Saint Sovereign Dominator as the master of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion and dominator of the Chaos Saint Realm, there was still some underlying resentment.
After all, the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body, that Saint Sovereign Dominator, had ruled the Ten Great Domains for decades, manifesting various divine miracles and winning deep favor among the people. Such sentiments could not change overnight.
But this time, with the Battle Saint King manifesting atop the thirty-three layers of heaven, reopening heaven and earth, and forcibly opening up the vast lands of the five great domains, countless people instantly revered him as a deity.
In an instant, the Faith Power of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, which had dimmed considerably over this period, suddenly became dazzlingly strong and abundant because of this event. An endless stream of Faith Power poured in continuously from the Ten Great Domains.
Although it still could not compare to the time when the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body served as the Saint Sovereign Dominator, it was undoubtedly many times better than when Ye Chen first assumed the position of master of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion.
One could imagine that, as time passed and the Chaos Heavenly Mansion ruled the Chaos Saint Realm year after year, the Faith Power would eventually return to its former peak.
Furthermore, Ye Chen manifested above the myriad heavens and announced to the world that with the appearance of the five great domains at the edges of the Chaos Saint Realm, all powers and Cultivators in the world could go and contest for them.
Boom—
A single stone stirred up a thousand waves!
This drove countless powers and Cultivators, who had been itching to move towards the newly opened five great domains but were restrained by their fear of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, into a frenzy. Countless forces decisively made their decisions, rushing overnight towards the newly opened lands of the five great domains to contend for the numerous territories.
One must know that when a world's heaven and earth are opened, it is often accompanied by the birth of countless treasures. Moreover, each great domain typically comes with endless resources, allowing forces to develop and expand significantly.
Originally, the former Ten Great Domains of the Heavenly Emperor Realm could give birth to nearly a hundred Divine King powerhouses, all due to these boundless resources. Now, with the appearance of five more great domains, the number of powerhouses that could be born would only be greater than before.
For a force to continuously grow and prosper, it could only strive to seize more expansive territories, plunder more massive resources, and use them for cultivation and development.
It was precisely for this reason that some super forces within the Ten Great Domains, especially empires and supreme sects, relying on occupying sufficiently vast territories and massive resources, could continuously develop, grow stronger, dominate the world, and pass down their legacies for ages.
Now, with the sudden opening of the five great domains, it could be said that for any force within the Ten Great Domains, this was a heaven-sent opportunity, a great chance for expansion and development. No force would easily let it slip by.
It could almost be foreseen that in the future, the Chaos Saint Realm would experience another explosive period of development. Its overall strength would rise by a level, or even more, because of this.
Of course, this would require many years of development; it could not be achieved in a single leap.
Regarding this, the Chaos Heavenly Mansion paid little heed, allowing the endless forces of the Ten Great Domains to engage in fierce contention over the new five great domains, even if it meant mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Because the Chaos Heavenly Mansion was transcendent, lofty, and above any other force.
Let alone the mere five great domains, even the entire fifteen great domains of the Chaos Saint Realm belonged to the Chaos Heavenly Mansion.
If Ye Chen willed it, all forces would have to bow their heads in submission, not daring to lay a finger on the lands of the five great domains.
But the intense struggle of countless forces over the five great domains was actually a good thing. Although it was often accompanied by endless mountains of corpses and seas of blood, with many powerhouses falling, it would also give rise to even more and stronger individuals from within.
True supreme powerhouses are often difficult to birth in times of peace; they are more likely to emerge in times of chaos.
In this way, it actually suited Ye Chen's intentions perfectly. He could recruit them all into the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, bringing them under his control, strengthening the forces of the Sealed Universe, and gaining a bit more confidence in dealing with the invasion of the Alien Ancient Universe.
Moreover, this kind of contention for the five great domains was basically confined to the five great domains themselves. The mortals and ordinary Cultivators of the Ten Great Domains could not participate and would not affect the collection of Faith Power.
After all, the newly opened five great domains were too distant for mortals and low-level Cultivators, beyond their reach.
However, in the later stages, the five great domains would inevitably see countless mortals joining in for development, with a hundred nations standing tall and ten thousand sects emerging.
Ye Chen naturally welcomed all of this even more.
For the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, the stronger the Chaos Saint Realm, the better. The more it could provide sufficient, massive Faith Power, the more it could strengthen the Saint Realm's origin, and the more powerhouses it could give birth to. In the future, this would be fed back to the Sealed Universe to resist the invasion of the Alien Ancient Universe.