During these five years, the Chaos Heavenly Mansion benefited immensely. Occupying a significant share, many of its members became Great Powers, and two even ascended to Divine King status within the five-year span, a most gratifying harvest.
Although both had been stranded at the Half-Step Divine King realm for many years, the leap from Half-Step Divine King to Divine King typically requires a considerable length of time, at least a century. Yet they completed this crossing within a mere five years, a testament to the heaven-defying nature of the Heaven-Fall Mausoleum.
Undoubtedly, this drove countless powerhouses across the All Heavens wild with envy, wishing they could snatch the Heaven-Fall Mausoleum from the human race's grasp.
Yet they were helpless, for the human race was indeed overwhelmingly powerful. Even with the Sovereign of Formlessness in seclusion, who dared provoke his wrath? Once he emerged to seek trouble, few could withstand it.
Meanwhile, during Ye Chen's years in seclusion, the Chaos Heavenly Mansion was formally managed by Sovereign Tongtian, as Ye Chen had instructed.
As the former master of a royal clan-level force like the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, Sovereign Tongtian possessed rich experience in managing a faction. He was also someone Ye Chen trusted and possessed absolute strength to command the respect of all powerhouses. Thus, within a short five years, he established various functional departments within the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, which had grown somewhat chaotic and unclear due to its wild expansion. Departments like the Enforcement Hall, Mission Hall, and Punishment Hall were set up. Numerous older generation and younger generation powerhouses were categorized, making the overall structure much clearer and more defined, truly taking on the aura of a supreme sacred land.
For the Chaos Heavenly Mansion to be passed down eternally like the imperial dynasties and immortal kingdoms founded by other Emperors and supreme immortals, enduring through the ages, order and norms were essential. The pyramid's hierarchy and division of labor needed to be clear. It couldn't rely solely on absolute force to bind everyone together like a rope; otherwise, it would remain a scattered mess, unsustainable for long.
Under the management of Sovereign Tongtian, this Ancient Monarch, the Chaos Heavenly Mansion reached a whole new level. In many aspects, it gradually compared to the various imperial clans and immortal clans of the All Heavens. Developing within a seized ancient world of an imperial clan, it flourished and grew increasingly powerful and peerless.
Even the Emperor Wushi of the Battle Saint lineage would occasionally visit to reinforce the Chaos Heavenly Mansion's ancient world, ensuring its long-lasting endurance and also to deter any petty troublemakers.
One could imagine that by the time Ye Chen emerged from seclusion, the Chaos Heavenly Mansion's branch halls would also reach a new height.
Deep within the Heaven-Fall Mausoleum.
At the deepest part of the Immortal Pond, five years had passed. Ye Chen seemed even more unfathomable. The essence of the Great Dao here was many times richer than on the surface, causing his cultivation to continuously climb.
Now, both his divine power and realm had long reached the level of a Six Tribulations Divine King. He could undergo tribulation at any moment.
But he did not proceed to undergo tribulation. He suppressed it, accumulating power, continuing to cultivate silently, hoping that one day he could break through like he did when becoming a Chaos Divine King, charging through the barriers in one go, enduring multiple Divine King tribulations consecutively to become even stronger.
His ambition was not small.
Time flowed leisurely, the wheel of time turning and turning, never stopping for anyone in the world, advancing at its constant, unhurried pace.
Soon, Ye Chen and the others had spent nine years within the Heaven-Fall Mausoleum. Adding the year spent establishing the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, a full decade had passed.
Yet the world still circulated the myths of the strongest Heaven's Pride talents of that younger generation. Even after ten years, though they had vanished from sight for many years and a new generation continuously rose, the strongest Heaven's Pride of the past generation remained the awe-inspiring prodigies of the All Heavens, irreplaceable.
And those of the rising new generation, as long as they qualified, joined the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, enjoying the resources of the Heaven-Fall Mausoleum and progressing by leaps and bounds.
Deep within the Heaven-Fall Mausoleum, the Immortal Pond flowed serenely, still radiating billions of layers of Great Dao radiance, illuminating the eternal sky, often drawing the attention and gaze of countless people.
But whether human Heaven's Pride or powerhouses from other races who had earned cultivation slots, none dared to step into the deepest part.
Not to mention the terrifying pressure of the Heaven-Fall Mausoleum's deepest reaches, the presence of that Great Emperor Reincarnation Body, perpetually seated in suppression at the very core, left them with no thought of overstepping.
A Beinu's belly had grown larger, but she had not yet given birth. While caring for it, she continued cultivating, still at the Half-Step Divine King realm, but her accumulation was immensely profound. Once she charged through the barrier in the future, she would likely follow Ye Chen's footsteps, striving to endure multiple Divine King tribulations at once, not becoming an ordinary one or two tribulation Divine King.
One could see faint light and shadow flickering within A Beinu's belly—sometimes a tiny infant, sometimes like a dancing dragon—most extraordinary, carrying an intense pressure. One could imagine that once this child was born, it would be a truly exceptional being.
Similarly, Yu Qing, Mountain Chicken, Will, and the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor cultivated within the Immortal Pond, also progressing with divine speed, not lagging behind the various imperial sons and daughters or immortal progeny of the All Heavens.
The Immortal Pond was one of the greatest opportunities.
One could imagine that upon emerging from seclusion, they would all have advanced by more than one level.
During this period, terrifying tribulation light occasionally flashed and surged within the deepest part of the Heaven-Fall Mausoleum, boiling the heavens and earth. But the outside world could not spy, for all of this was isolated by the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body. They only knew someone was undergoing tribulation, not just once or twice.
Even Ancient Monarchs attempting to deduce were blocked, due to the special nature of the Heaven-Fall Mausoleum and the intervention of the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body.
In the tenth year, the Sovereign of Formlessness emerged from seclusion. As promised, he returned the Cosmic Origin Supreme Treasure to Heavenly Eye Divine Emperor, but upon returning, he entered deep seclusion again.
It was evident that the Cosmic Origin Supreme Treasure had provided the Sovereign of Formlessness with much inspiration and insight.
Over this decade, the Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain remained relatively calm, entering a period of relative peace. The older generation powerhouses seemed to gradually lie low and withdraw from the world. The various imperial clans and immortal clans of the All Heavens gradually faded from prominence, as if returning to the era before these imperial and immortal clans descended upon the Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain.
But some old antiques with profound cultivation felt a tremor in their hearts, for they sensed that this might be the calm before the storm.
For some reason, they all felt a sense of unease and foreboding. Occasionally, with their divine senses reaching profound levels, permeating heaven and earth, merging with the myriad Daos, they caught a glimpse of a future era filled with blood rain and foul wind, enveloping the entire Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain.
"There shouldn't be a coming of blood rain and foul wind. The human race dominates the current era, the Sovereign of Formlessness reigns supreme alone, suppressing the All Heavens. Who would dare cause chaos?"
"If the human race wanted to rule the Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain, they wouldn't need such bloodshed. If the Sovereign of Formlessness spoke, which of the myriad races across the All Heavens would dare not respect, dare not obey?"
Not just those old antiques, even the lofty Ancient Monarchs, with their profound senses, caught glimpses. However, they were extremely fragmented scenes, unclear and indistinct—only shattered mountains and rivers spanning millions of li, and fragmented stars.
Infinite blood light enveloped the entire Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain, causing even these cosmic overlords to feel a sense of unease and foreboding, yet they could not clearly see what exactly would happen in the future.