What was even more important was that within those extremely fragmented shards of time and space, they vaguely glimpsed a figure, stained with blood, its true visage unclear, standing firm within a shattered world, confronting enemies from all heavens alone.
Opposite this person were super terrifying existences, their Dharma forms astonishing the world, all capable of shaking the stars of all heavens. They were Ancient Monarchs, and far more than just a few.
This increasingly shocked them—was there truly someone who would confront so many Ancient Monarchs at once?
However, no one could see clearly. Even the Ancient Monarchs were like this. That person seemed capable of severing the ages, standing supreme throughout eternity. All attempts at deduction were impossible, as if transcending the Three Realms, existing beyond the Five Elements.
"The Ten Heavens Ancient Domain is about to undergo a great change!"
Within the ancient realm of the Qin Imperial Clan, the Wushi Emperor Lord spoke, a trace of strangeness and some confusion in his tone.
But then he thought of his master, the Wuxiang Monarch, and calmed down.
As long as his master was present, the Supreme One's might would shake eternity. Even if Emperors and supreme Immortals from other ancient universes came, they would have nothing to fear and could face them calmly.
Within the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, the Tongtian Monarch who was stationed there seemed increasingly profound and unfathomable in cultivation. Now, when his eyes opened and closed, they could pierce through the Ten Heavens Ancient Domain. He also saw some fragmented shards of time and space, frowning slightly. But the Heavenly Dao was vast and boundless, blocking all deduction. Even beings as powerful as Ancient Monarchs, overlords of the universe, could not perform effective deduction. A layer of mist lay ahead, impossible to see through.
"How strange. Why do I always feel an ominous premonition shrouding my Chaos Heavenly Mansion?"
The Tongtian Monarch muttered to himself, a rare trace of gravity appearing on his face.
But then he shook his head slightly, feeling perhaps he was somewhat fatigued. Managing and operating such a vast Chaos Heavenly Mansion was indeed not easy, with many matters requiring handling.
Moreover, the human race still had a Supreme One present. What was there to worry about?
The wheel of time continued to turn.
On the twelfth year, Ye Chen, who had been cultivating in the deepest part of the Immortal Pond, stopped absorbing the pond's essence. The moment he opened his eyes, the entire Immortal Pond seemed to tremble violently, as if unable to bear his existence.
Crackle, pop—
A series of thunderous roars echoed in the deepest part of the Immortal Pond, exploding layer by layer.
Finally, everything returned to calm.
Ye Chen had awakened, rousing from his cultivation. His Chaos Saint Body was flawless and perfect. Although he was still at the Five Tribulations Divine King realm, he had become countless times stronger compared to twelve years ago, far surpassing the past.
Back then, when he first entered the deepest part of the Immortal Pond, the pressure here was enough to cause faint cracks to appear on his Chaos Saint Body. But now, it could not do so at all. His physique was flawless and perfect, appearing so smooth and immortal.
Even after leaving the Chaos Great Cauldron, it remained so.
This was a manifestation of Ye Chen's twelve years of cultivation becoming unfathomably profound, far stronger than before.
"I am much stronger now than before. I can contend with more than one Divine King Tribulation, but there's no rush. I'll undergo the tribulation after leaving seclusion."
"Twelve years of cultivation in the Immortal Pond have brought considerable improvement, and my accumulation has deepened greatly. But the path of cultivation, also for contending for the 'Supreme One' immortal fate, cannot be merely about raising cultivation. I should also temper my own Dao techniques and prepare more trump cards."
"Chu Shenjun, Shen Dizi, Yu Wudi, Huang Yao—none of these people are simple. They are all children of Supreme Ones; some are even offspring of the strongest Emperors, Immortal Kings, and so on. They possess more methods. Without corresponding trump cards, even with considerable improvement in cultivation, I still wouldn't have absolute certainty of victory."
Ye Chen murmured softly to himself, not immediately leaving the Immortal Pond, continuing to sit cross-legged in its deepest part.
The Chaos Dao techniques were the foundation of his current cultivation. Many years ago, he had already compiled his own Chaos Chapter, though it was only the initial chapter.
Based on this, during the twelve years of cultivation, while improving his cultivation, Ye Chen also divided his spirit to evolve it into his own profound art true scripture—the Chaos Holy Scripture!
Yes, the Chaos Holy Scripture was specifically created for his Chaos Saint Body.
During twelve years of deep cultivation, while improving and accumulating, his two Chaos Saint Soul avatars multitasked, continuously comprehending the various Emperor Scriptures and Immortal Scriptures he had obtained over the years, again and again. They perceived the Heavenly Dao, glimpsed the myriad Daos, refined hundreds of scriptures within the furnace, and finally synthesized them into one. They also evolved this Chaos Holy Scripture based on the initial Chaos Chapter.
Naturally, the current Chaos Holy Scripture was far from complete and perfect, still a long way off. Currently, it only contained the Divine King Chapter related to the Chaos Saint Body, and even that was in an exploratory, embryonic state.
After all, apart from the Samsara Realm, Divine King Chapter, and Monarch Chapter, the various Emperor Scriptures and Immortal Scriptures lacked chapters for other major realms. Moreover, with Ye Chen's ability, it was impossible to truly integrate them all within a mere twelve years.
One must know that each Emperor Scripture and Immortal Scripture was a supreme heavenly scripture created by various Emperors and supreme Immortals, exhausting half a lifetime of effort. How could Ye Chen, a mere Divine King, comprehend them all in just twelve years? So far, he had only grasped some superficial aspects, far less than one or two-tenths of the true depth.
Nevertheless, Ye Chen cultivated using the Divine King Chapter of the Chaos Holy Scripture, replacing his previous various profound art methods. Even the Fighting Saint Art was now merely a reference for him. Consequently, his cultivation speed had increased considerably.
After all, his Chaos Saint Body was unprecedented. Even the Chaos Overlord of the Ultimate Ancient Path was not a Chaos Saint Body. For his Chaos Saint Body, only the specially created Chaos Holy Scripture was the most suitable for cultivation.
"Although I don't have the cultivation chapters for other major realms from other Emperor Scriptures and Immortal Scriptures, I don't necessarily need them. These are ultimately just reference methods. It would be better to perceive my own self and create my own."
Ye Chen mused. He was the only Chaos Saint Body in eternity, an unparalleled physique combining the Fighting Saint Body and the Chaos Great Dao into one, surpassing all physiques since ancient times. In a sense, it was equivalent to the true manifestation of chaos. Delving into his own self could also yield infinite insights.
Besides, he still had the Chaos insights left by the Tai Sheng Emperor from back then, of which he hadn't even comprehended one-tenth. He could take this opportunity to continue digesting a portion and create his own Chaos Holy Scripture.
Over the next two years, Ye Chen no longer intentionally raised his cultivation. Although he continued to absorb the Immortal Pond's essence, what was more important was continuously creating the Chaos Holy Scripture, starting from the most basic Postnatal realm.
The Postnatal and Innate realms, strictly speaking, weren't actually cultivation realms. They could only be considered mortal martial realms, each with only nine levels. Even Imperial sons and daughters, Immortal Dao offspring, and the strongest young Supreme Ones couldn't cultivate to the tenth level, nor did they need to, because the increase in power was negligible, almost insignificant.
But Ye Chen didn't think like this. Even if they were just mortal martial realms, he wanted to cultivate them to the tenth level of Great Perfection.
Even though Postnatal and Innate didn't have a tenth level, he would create the tenth level, intentionally completing them.
Cultivating to his level, wanting to supplement Postnatal and Innate to the tenth level was an easy matter. It took only half a day to complete, successfully creating the two mortal martial realms of Postnatal and Innate in the Chaos Holy Scripture.
Ye Chen suppressed his cultivation, starting to complete from Postnatal. It took only a brief moment to directly advance the Postnatal realm to the tenth level, successfully completing it.
Soon after, the Innate realm's tenth level was also completed.
Thus, from Postnatal to the Great Power realm, apart from the most special Samsara Realm, all others truly achieved ten levels of perfection.
When these two mortal martial realms were truly cultivated to the tenth level, Ye Chen felt his Tenfold Heavenly Divine Aura tremble, appearing even more flawless and perfect, as if adorned with rings of divine light, overflowing with dazzling immortal radiance.
He felt himself becoming more complete. In every movement, there was a sense of natural perfection, as if he had improved somewhat again.
"Indeed, even the Postnatal and Innate realms, which fall within the mortal martial category, once completed, still possess unknown wondrous uses."
In the following time, he began creating the Chaos Holy Scripture from the Half-God realm. Moreover, he used the Chaos Dao techniques to cultivate from the weakest Postnatal, then Innate, Half-God, God Transformation, Saint Storage, Heavenly King, Great Power, and so on, each re-cultivating once.
Because he was a Chaos Saint Body, and because he cultivated the Chaos Great Dao, in just two short years, it was as if he had cultivated the Chaos Great Dao from the weakest Postnatal all the way to Chaos Divine King. He also directly connected some previously obstructed areas from cultivating with other Dao techniques and profound arts.
During cultivation, he gained insights into the cultivation chapters of various major realms, but it was impossible to truly create them all in just two years. However, a prototype gradually took shape in his heart.
He had a feeling that as he repeatedly cultivated these past major realms with the Chaos Great Dao, he would eventually completely create the corresponding realm chapters, truly completing them.
One day, cultivating these major realms again with the flawless and perfect Chaos Holy Scripture would have unimaginable uses.
Thus, two years passed. Ye Chen's cultivation improved another step, becoming stronger. He still hadn't undergone tribulation to break through, still suppressing it.
"By the way, I can't always rely on the Great Power reincarnation body. If too much time passes and the Great Emperor reincarnation body always appears by my side, others will surely suspect the relationship between the Great Emperor reincarnation body and me."
Ye Chen murmured to himself. The Great Emperor reincarnation body was one of his most important trump cards. Unless absolutely necessary, he didn't want others to know about this card.
After pondering briefly, he waved his hand, and three corpses appeared. Each corpse emitted a terrifying aura that made the Immortal Pond tremble, far surpassing the Divine King realm, carrying faint wisps of Monarch Heavenly Might. They were precisely the three alien quasi-Monarchs who had been suppressed and killed by the Great Emperor reincarnation body back then.
These were quasi-Monarchs, possessing faint wisps of Monarch Heavenly Might. Similarly, their internal origin worlds were powerful to an extreme, already in a semi-world, semi-universe stage, and they carried them with them.
If refined into pills, extracting the flesh and blood essence to form pills, even for the current Ye Chen, it would be impossible to form pills with one hundred percent efficiency without loss. A large portion of the flesh and blood essence would be missing, undoubtedly a waste of precious resources.
Moreover, the origin worlds carried within them would very likely shatter in the process, resulting in more loss than gain.