At the original ruins of the Xia Sang Tribe, Ye Chen's expression turned slightly somber. Through the scenes he had just witnessed, he could also sense the strength of the alien race. He hadn't expected their preparations for annihilating the human race to be so extensive.
However, a cold sneer soon appeared on his lips. Unfortunately, the alien race's calculations were mistaken. The human race had a Supreme Being backing them.
Subsequently, Ye Chen used the blood energy of his own Chaos Supreme Body to invigorate Xia Mu'er's blood and meridians. In the blink of an eye, all her injuries were completely healed.
Moreover, this was Chaos Saintly Blood, not much inferior to the blood of an Ancient Monarch. It contained the essence of the myriad Daos and was further tempered by Ye Chen to dissolve all its domineering aura, making it gentle. As it entered Xia Mu'er's body, her vitality surged dramatically.
One could say that with Ye Chen's current methods, elevating Xia Mu'er directly to the Saint Treasury Realm would be no problem at all—it would be far too simple.
But he did not do so, because achieving the Saint Treasury Realm through external aid always carried significant issues, such as an unstable Dao foundation. Only by relying on one's own efforts and cultivating step by step was the best path.
Nevertheless, after Ye Chen's Chaos Saintly Blood invigorated her blood and meridians, Xia Mu'er, whose aptitude was originally average, would henceforth receive an immense boost, enough to rival the Heaven's Pride talents of her youth, even True King Heaven's Pride talents. Such prodigies and geniuses held great hope of proving their Dao and becoming Ancient Great Powers.
Although the other members of the Xia Sang Tribe were also found, and although an alien Heavenly King had attacked, the moon-white divine ship Ye Chen left behind before his departure was comparable to a super powerhouse at the fifth level of the Heavenly King realm. Even the alien Heavenly King Ye Chen had slain hadn't reached that level. Back then, the Xia Sang Tribe's chieftain led the many tribespeople into the moon-white divine ship, protected further by the tribe's guardian formation, allowing them to escape successfully.
However, in that battle, casualties still exceeded half. Many familiar faces from the past were gone. Even those who survived were eroded by the curses planted by the alien Heavenly Kings. If the chieftain hadn't reached the peak of the Saint Treasury Realm within a hundred years and used the moon-white divine ship to suppress the curses, these people would have been annihilated immediately.
Yet even so, they could only barely suppress the curses. Their lifespans within their bodies were being eroded incessantly by the Heavenly King's curse power.
Naturally, Ye Chen's arrival resolved all these issues one by one, and he led them all onto the golden light path.
By this point, the people of the Xia Sang Tribe understood that Ye Chen and the others had returned to wage war against the alien race, and they possessed sufficient strength. This greatly invigorated the warriors of this small tribe, who wished they could take their place on the battlefield.
An hour later, under the lead of the Sovereign of Formlessness, distances spanning tens of millions of li became a thing of the past as they finally set foot in the Eighth Heaven Realm Ancient Domain.
At this moment, the Sovereign of Formlessness stopped. Gazing into the depths of the Eighth Heaven Realm Ancient Domain, his eyes were profound and mysterious, as if they could reflect everything. He said, "The great battle is already on the verge of erupting."
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
On the golden light path, the powerhouses of the myriad heavens were boiling with fighting spirit, eager to charge into battle.
Simultaneously, the powerhouses of the various imperial clans and immortal clans departed one after another. They had fulfilled their promise to summon reinforcements from their respective imperial clans and immortal clans to aid the human race.
Moreover, in their eyes, the alien race was destined for annihilation in this war. It was better to genuinely befriend the human race.
The Sovereign of Formlessness said, "This time, the alien race has indeed gathered considerable strength. I even see quite a few familiar faces from the Mythological Era. I'd very much like to meet them immediately."
The powerhouses all laughed. Those so-called familiar faces of the alien race would probably be scared out of their wits upon seeing the return of the Sovereign of Formlessness.
In the Mythological Era, the Sovereign of Formlessness alone slaughtered countless alien race members. The number of Ancient Monarchs who fell by his hand exceeded the count of both hands, not to mention true Monarchs. He was the true myth that made the alien race willing to pay any price to kill.
"This time, we must thoroughly wipe out the alien race, leaving not a single fish that slips through the net!" the Sovereign of Formlessness said solemnly. He looked at the ten Sovereign progenitors from the Mythological Emperor Domain and said, "Gentlemen, I trouble you to head to the Imperial Clan's Ancient Realms of the alien race. The goal is singular: utterly destroy those great worlds and exterminate all resistance!"
"As for the secret treasures and divine treasures within the various alien Imperial Clan's Ancient Realms, you may take half!"
Those Imperial Clan's Ancient Realms were the foundational worlds of the alien race's Ancient Monarchs. Once destroyed, they would suffer heavy losses, possibly never being able to advance again in their lifetimes.
"Yes!"
The ten Sovereign progenitors responded in unison, also feeling excitement. Those were the headquarters of imperial clans, the headquarters of an Ancient Monarch. Naturally, they contained boundless treasures of immeasurable value.
Even half was enough to stir the hearts of Ancient Monarchs like them. After all, those were Ancient Monarchs who emerged from imperial clans. Their family wealth was not something that could be compared to Ancient Monarchs who rose on their own outside of imperial or immortal clans.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Immediately, the ten Ancient Monarch progenitors led the powerhouses of the various mythological empires, soaring into the sky and heading to various locations. The other human imperial clans provided the corresponding coordinates of the alien Imperial Clan's Ancient Realms. Moreover, this time, the Sovereign of Formlessness had issued a death order: complete annihilation, including the entire Imperial Clan's Ancient Realm and even the boundless life within.
By now, it was already a matter of life and death between races. Since the alien race sought to exterminate the human race, the Sovereign of Formlessness naturally showed no mercy. What must be destroyed, shall be destroyed!
"Wushi!" the Sovereign of Formlessness called.
"Master!" Monarch Wushi stepped forward.
"You, Sovereign Tongtian, and the Saint Monarch Ruler shall lead the others to rescue the human race's main base!"
"Yes!"
Monarch Wushi stepped out directly, another golden light path extending beneath his feet. He led the countless powerhouses of the human race, the God-Slaying Legion, and others, charging majestically toward the distant horizon.
They did not ask why the Sovereign of Formlessness did not accompany them, for they all knew he would not be without action. He had his own intentions.
In the end, only the Sovereign of Formlessness remained standing in the heavens. He looked toward the depths of the Ten Heavens Realm Ancient Domain and revealed a cold sneer. "I didn't expect the alien race's preparations this time to be so thorough. Their hidden reserves somewhat exceed my expectations."
"But that's all. From today onward, everything will be annihilated."
Whoosh—
The Sovereign of Formlessness soared into the sky, his figure also vanishing.
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Eighth Heaven Realm Ancient Domain.
Taisheng Divine Kingdom, the vast divine kingdom under the command of the Taisheng Emperor Clan, the foremost of the human race's nine great imperial clans.
In the past, the Taisheng Emperor Clan ruled over a vast territory. The ancient kingdom originally under its jurisdiction submitted to the Taisheng Emperor Clan, becoming an immortal divine kingdom land. It once covered an area of hundreds of millions of li in radius, ranking among the top even among the numerous ancient kingdom powers within the Ten Heavens Realm Ancient Domain.
But now, it had shrunk by more than nine-tenths, leaving only an area of less than ten million li in radius.
Along the vast border, a sprawling mountain range stretching for millions of li had risen abruptly. It was extremely precipitous, reaching a height of a thousand li, created by an Ancient Monarch using heaven-defying means.
On the mountain range, rings of light resembling seven-colored glass constantly circulated, shooting straight into the sky. But upon closer inspection, this was clearly a massive heavenly curtain. Moreover, this curtain took the shape of a semi-circular bowl, like an enormous seven-colored light bowl inverted from above, directly covering the entire vast divine kingdom land spanning ten million li in radius.
On the heavenly curtain, terrifying divine laws continuously cascaded and flowed, faintly emitting a Dao power that would make even Great Powers and Divine Kings pale. These were Divine King-level laws imposed by many human Divine Kings, specifically to resist the alien race's invasion.
Even an Ancient Monarch could be resisted for a long time.
At the only gap in the dragon-like mountain range stood a majestic and grand fortress, exceptionally tall, constructed entirely from pitch-black giant stones.
However, only those with true knowledge would be shocked, for these pitch-black stones were not ordinary rocks. They were massive stars, refined one by one through heaven-defying means, each shrunk down. The smallest were the size of houses, the largest only a few li across.
This fortress stood a thousand li tall, utilizing countless stars. The scale of this endeavor was so immense that even an Ancient Monarch would marvel upon arrival.
It was precisely this super fortress, piled from countless stars, that stood like a primordial ferocious beast, guarding the sole main thoroughfare connecting the Taisheng Divine Kingdom to the outside world. It was also the Taisheng Divine Kingdom's most important and final line of defense.
Once this super fortress was breached, behind it lay the entire Taisheng Divine Kingdom, and even the most crucial Imperial Clan's Ancient Realm would be exposed, with all the human race inside.
The fortress's name—Human Pass!
As the name implied, the human race's final pass!
Within the Human Pass fortress, numerous powerhouses stood guard. Although the most powerful Ancient Monarchs were in the deepest parts, the Human Pass fortress also housed many Divine Kings. Over half of the human race's Divine Kings were here, plus some from royal clans, totaling nearly forty Divine Kings.
Although they knew time was running out and further cultivation wouldn't be of much use, at this final juncture, they still hoped not to waste a single moment, continuing to cultivate. Even becoming slightly stronger was better than making no breakthrough at all.
For this reason, all the human powerhouses on the Human Pass fortress were cultivating arduously, constantly absorbing vast amounts of heaven and earth spiritual energy, while also silently awaiting the arrival of the final decisive battle between the two races.
Rumble—
After an unknown length of time, the distant horizon suddenly turned dark. Ferocious auras soared into the sky one after another, sweeping over overwhelmingly. Even the human powerhouses on the Human Pass fortress, separated by hundreds of thousands to millions of li, could clearly sense it and were shaken.
Everyone opened their tightly shut eyes and stood up. Within the fortress, the sound of a massive horn echoed, its mournful wail reverberating throughout the Taisheng Divine Kingdom, audible even to those in the deepest Imperial Clan's Ancient Realm.
"Have they finally arrived?"
On the fortress, a young figure stood up, surrounded by boundless Primordial Saint Light. Though very young, he was also very powerful, even surpassing many of the human Divine Kings on the fortress and earning the implicit respect of several human Divine Kings.