The majesty of the Emperor Lord completely suppressed the deepest part of the Starry Sky, even surging out from it to sweep across the vast cosmos, causing the Myriad Heavens Ancient Monarchs battling below to tremble.
"That is... an Emperor Lord!"
An Ancient Monarch murmured to himself, looking up with indescribable awe at the figure standing in the deepest part of the Starry Sky, upon the phantom of the River of Time, like a supreme Great Emperor deity.
At this moment, the Sun Sovereign shook the Starry Sky, and indeed, shook the entire Ten Heavens Realm.
In a daze, it seemed as if a supreme Great Emperor was awakening.
In the deepest, most remote part of the Ten Heavens Realm, within an indescribable imperial palace, Chi Xue Di Jun, clad in snow-white robes, smiled faintly. "Is that unrivaled Sun Emperor Lord from back then finally returning? I truly wish to know just how strong you are, second only to Wu Xiang Junwang."
In the Primordial Ancient Domain, at the heart of the vast, uninhabited region, a figure with gray-white hair appeared, gazing intently in this direction.
The Ascension Ancient Capital, rumored to have an Ancient Monarch slumbering within, undergoing nirvana, now trembled and released a layer of mysterious light, seemingly responding to the Emperor Lord in the deepest part of the Starry Sky.
Boom—
The deepest part of the Starry Sky shook violently. Even with the stabilizing imprints of the various heavens' Supreme Ones, it could not withstand the vast heavenly might emanating from the Emperor Lord.
Countless fissures tore open across this expanse of Starry Sky, each stretching for hundreds of thousands, even millions of li, like immense, boundless dark abysses.
Numerous super stars were swallowed and utterly crushed by these dark abysses.
The Sun Sovereign had fully revived. At this moment, perhaps he should no longer be called a Sovereign, but an Emperor Lord—the Sun Emperor Lord!
A peerless Emperor Lord!
"Since my rebirth, after waiting all these years, I have finally returned to my former peak state."
The Sun Emperor Lord sighed softly, somewhat familiar with this power that could annihilate boundless heavens and earth with a mere gesture.
He held nothing back, made no attempt to conceal it, letting it erupt freely—also to reacquaint himself with it.
He had waited for who knew how many years to feel this familiar yet somewhat strange power once more.
"Come forth!"
His majestic, abyss-like figure trembled slightly, and instantly, a colossal dharma manifestation appeared, towering billions of li high, no less grand than a true sun.
In the deepest part of the Starry Sky, even those super stars spanning millions or tens of millions of li seemed minuscule beneath his Emperor Lord dharma manifestation.
Beneath the Emperor Lord dharma manifestation, it seemed he could shatter the heavens with a raised hand.
A single stamp of his foot could annihilate endless starry rivers.
Compared to him, Ancient Monarchs seemed like infants, utterly incomparable.
Now, he was like the supreme, unparalleled Great Emperor of the Ten Heavens Realm.
A single thought could dominate all heavens!
Only upon truly reaching this step did one understand how truly peerless an Emperor Lord was, surpassing Ancient Monarchs by an immeasurable margin.
It was like the gap between a Quasi-Monarch and a Divine King.
Each step was a world apart!
"This is bad! The Sun Sovereign has returned to his peak state, the unrivaled Emperor Lord of his generation!"
The Myriad Heavens Ancient Monarchs on the alliance army's side were all shocked. This was an Emperor Lord, unrivaled beneath the Supreme Ones, the chief disciple of Tai Sheng Huang! An Emperor Lord's power was boundless; a single word could shatter all laws!
A supreme Ancient Monarch like Tai Xuan Junwang felt the immense terror of the Sun Emperor Lord even more directly.
Before such an Emperor Lord, even a so-called peerless Ancient Monarch seemed laughable.
For he felt he could not muster even the slightest will to resist.
The Emperor Lord's pressure, casually emanating from the Sun Emperor Lord, made him feel like an infant facing a giant.
"Hmph! I will make you completely decay and be buried in the river of time!"
Among them, only Henggu Monarch roared defiantly at the sky.
This was because of his deep-seated blood feud with the Sun Emperor Lord.
The Time Beast behind him fully manifested, merging with his own body. He pushed his divine ability, "Henggu Fleeting Time," to its absolute limit, maximizing the power of time's passage.
Nearly every moment, thousands upon thousands of years would flow by. In a short span, even a Great Power or Divine King would directly decay into dust.
The Sun Sovereign was completely enveloped within, enduring the frenzied passage of time.
Even an Ancient Monarch would ultimately be unable to withstand such maddening temporal flow and would decay into dust within it.
Similarly, Henggu Monarch paid a tremendous price. His once-black hair turned completely gray-white, his face instantly aged considerably, and many wrinkles appeared.
It must be known that he was a Time Beast, master of time. He could slow time's passage upon himself, granting him a longer lifespan—even double that of other Ancient Monarchs, allowing him to live for an entire epoch.
But now, he had aged so much. One could imagine just how severe the temporal flow assaulting the Sun Sovereign must be.
However, Henggu Monarch's expression soon froze stiff, as did those of the Myriad Heavens Ancient Monarchs. For they clearly saw that the Sun Sovereign within the flowing time no longer underwent any change. He remained perpetually in his peak state, with the faintest threads of supreme, majestic Emperor might constantly manifesting and permeating the air.
Around him now swirled a layer of faint, shimmering light. Though it appeared thin and illusory, it emanated a pressure that made all the Myriad Heavens Ancient Monarchs feel compelled to bow in submission.
"Emperor Light! It's the light of a Supreme One!"
The Myriad Heavens Ancient Monarchs could not help but tremble.
The appearance of this Emperor Light signified the presence of an Emperor Lord, capable of wielding the faintest threads of Great Emperor-level power, condensed into an eternal, imperishable Emperor Light.
Indeed, the Sun Sovereign had used this to return to his peak state—the unrivaled Emperor Lord of his generation.
Encircled by Emperor Light, the Sun Sovereign possessed the supreme, unparalleled bearing of an Emperor. The flow of time was blocked outside the Emperor Light, making him absolutely impervious to all laws; even time could not decay him.
It was said that an Ancient Monarch could live for most of an epoch, while an Emperor Lord's lifespan transcended an entire epoch. Though they would eventually reach the end of their lifespan and not achieve true immortality, it was precisely because of this faint layer of Emperor Light upon them, which greatly obstructed the impact of time's passage, that they could live so long.
Such was the case with the Mythical Emperor Lord.
Ancient Monarchs from his era had long since grown frail with age, yet the Mythical Emperor Lord still appeared in the prime of youth.
"Impossible!"
Henggu Monarch roared with all his might, continuously pushing "Henggu Fleeting Time" to its limits, accelerating the flow of time many times over. Yet the Sun Sovereign remained imperishable and indestructible, as if eternal. Meanwhile, the former paid a terrible price—his hair turned completely white, and he prematurely entered his twilight years.
For this was a tremendous backlash.